One Against Eternity
By: by A. E. van Vogt
Series: Weapon Shops of Isher #1
Publisher: Ace Books
Published: 1955
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 186
Subjects: Weapons industry -- Fiction.; Life on other planets -- Fiction.
Genres: Science Fiction.
Other titles: The Weapon Makers
Description: For centuries the Isher Dynasty has ruled a huge empire that includes earth and other planets. The Dynasty's power is checked only by the Weapon Makers, a group of dedicated scientists who prevent total take-over, who provide checks and balances to the Dynasty's political establishment. Now, for the first time in history, there is a spy among the Weapon Makers. He is in the confidence of the young Empress. So why is it the Empress herself who insists that he be killed? Why has she conceived this passionate hatred of Captain Hedrock? Suddenly the brilliant captain is hunted by both powers...and not even his incredible talent for survival is likely to help.
Notes: Ace Double #D-94.
Cover art by Ed Valigursky.
Original title: The Weapon Makers.
Complete and unabridged.
Originally published in serial form in Astounding Science Fiction (1943).
Reverse side: The Other Side of Here, by Murray Leinster [pseudonym].