E. E. Smith & E. Everett Evans 3 hr 48 min read

The Masters ruled all space with an iron fist, but the Masters are gone. Now a young race rises to take their place, and must face the ancient Enemy of All.

E. E. Smith and E. Everett Evans's 1961 novel is grand superscience space opera of galactic succession and cosmic war. Bold, sweeping golden-age SF. Read it for a rousing tale of humanity stepping into the void left by vanished god-like rulers, and the age-old menace waiting there.

In its time

Published in 1961, during the 1960s, new wave revolutionizes the genre.

Reading it

3 hr 48 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).

Illustrated by

Phil Berry