Explorers Into Infinity

Ray Cummings's speculative romance opens with a universe that may be infinite in both directions: vast beyond the stars and equally boundless within the atom. Frank, a harried Interplanetary Mail worker, is summoned to the secluded Gryce estate, where he meets the brilliant Dr. Gryce, his steadfast son Brett, and the lively twins Martynn and Francine, whose warmth only heightens the sense that something perilous is near. At breakfast, Gryce unveils a secret lifetime's work: a radical theory that size, space, and time are all relative, and a myrdoscope that reveals hidden realms where worlds nest inside worlds. Brett's first glimpse of a beautiful girl in danger, watched over by grotesque tiny beings and a towering menace, suggests a reality far stranger than Earth has imagined. Driven by that vision, Gryce and Brett build a tiny vehicle capable of traveling through space and time. Their first launch toward Mars fills the household with dread as days of silence follow, and the family fears the travelers lost. When the battered craft finally returns, Brett and Martt emerge changed by their journey, speaking of months spent where only days passed on Earth. Their account of a high-speed voyage beyond the solar system deepens the mystery, blending scientific wonder, family devotion, and the dangerous lure of discovery. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.