num_pages: 167
description: Eleven masterful science-fiction tales of wonder... in this world, and beyond...Hide and Seek"K.15 was a military intelligence operative. It gave him a considerable pain when unimaginative people called him a spy, but at the moment he had much more substantial grounds for complaint..."Superiority"When the war opened we had no doubt of our ultimate victory. The combined fleets of our allies greatly exceeded in number and armament those which the enemy could muster against us. We believed we could maintain this superiority. Our belief proved, alas, to be only too well founded..."Expedition to Earth"It was in the last days of the Empire. The tiny ship was far from home, and almost a hundred light-years from the great parent vessel searching through the loosely packed stars at the rim of the Milky Way. But even here it could not escape from the shadow that lay across civilization..."-Plus 8 more dazzling stories!
language: English
title: Expedition to Earth
titlecomplete: Expedition to Earth
genres: Science Fiction, Collections, Classics, Science Fiction Fantasy, Adult, Fiction, Short Stories, Anthologies, Fantasy, Short Story Collection
ratings_count: 3577
publisher: Ballantine Books, Inc.