The Alien
by Raymond F. Jones
Publisher: Gerard Arthus 1951
Number of pages: 162
Description:
Speculate for a moment on the enormous challenge to archaeology when interplanetary travel is possible ... and relics are found of a race extinct for half a million years! A race that was so far in advance of ours that they held the secret of life restoration! What happens when a member of that race is brought back after 500,000 years of death ...
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