Book description
Power-Greedy. Men wished to rule the world, but one man stood in their
way. Peter Duncan came from the planet Mattrain - but who was he? Was he
human? If so, whence came his vastly superior intellect and technical
knowledge? These were mysteries the Administration feared - because they
could not find the answer to them. Too late they saw danger. For, by
then, Peter Duncan had escaped and taken refuge in the Devastated Areas,
from which he continued his fight to save the human race from final
utter destruction. But then, he had a reasonMartha of the chestnut hair
and striking beauty, who alone knew his secret and who taught him how to
love. Philip E. High (1914 - 2006) Philip Empson High was an English
science fiction author. Born in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire in 1914, his
writing career spanned over 50 years and encompassed 14 novels and
numerous short stories. Philip E. High made his name initially in the
1950s with a series of short stories for magazines such as Authentic
Science Fiction, New Worlds and Nebula. A collection of his short
fiction, The Best of Philip E. High, was published in 2002.
