A thrilling tale of a struggle to save Earth from Armageddon, written by one of the crucial authors of the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Disaster is quickly approaching and the only ones who know of it are Allison Stephens and a group of ancient sinister aliens. Now the aliens plan to abandon Earth and seek a new home. "Packed with unexpected surprises".--SF Booklist.
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A thrilling tale of a struggle to save Earth from Armageddon, written by one of the crucial authors of the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Disaster is quickly approaching and the only ones who know of it are Allison Stephens and a group of ancient sinister aliens. Now the aliens plan to abandon Earth and seek a new home. "Packed with unexpected surprises".--SF Booklist.
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Seller's Description:
Very good. No dust jacket as issued. (122005) 1st Mass market paperback edition is in Very Good+ condition with light wear at spine corners, shadow crease upper right corner, faint crease at spine edge, very light overall wear. 159 p.; 18 cm. "52-873. " Cover art by Jack Gaughan.
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Gaughan, Jack. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. (082608a) Mass Market Paperback is in Very Good+/Fine condition with piece of old masking tape at bottom of spine, very light overall wear. 159 p.; 18 cm. "52-873." Cover art by Jack Gaughan.
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Acceptable. Acceptable condition. A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.
The story is a rather standard mystery with science fiction dressing. The protagonist, Allison Stephens, is hired as an administrator for an old estate in California, the titular house. As he investigates it, and the owner, he gets deeper into the mysteries of the cult that surrounds the house, the immortality of certain figures, the life-like masks that some are able to wear to appear as other people, a space ship, a mind-reader. He handles learning of these supernatural phenomena with the coolness of a detective in 40�s noir films. He also gets the amorous woman.
