Eighteen men and two women in the closed world of a space ship for five months can only spell tension and trouble-but in this case, the atmosphere was literally poisoned.
The Solar Queen and her crew have the trading rights to the wealthy planet Sargol, but to take advantage of them and see any return on their investment they must fight the Reptilian Gorp, negotiate with the cat-like Salariki, and find a cure for the sleeping sickness that has caused the Solar Queen to be called a plague ship and which has other ships looking to destroy them on sight.
'The Heads of Cerberus' curated by Gertrude Barrows Bennett, also known by her pseudonym Francis Stevens, emerges as a landmark collection, melding early 20th-century speculative fiction with rich, philosophical undertones.
In einer von nuklearem Feuer verbrannten Welt leben die Menschen wie einst in primitiven Stammesgesellschaften, während das Wissen der Vorzeit im Überlebenskampf verloren ging.