The Moon Era

When Stephen, a young history teacher, is summoned to the opulent Long Island estate of his brilliant, enigmatic uncle, Enfield Conway, he expects a family reunion and instead finds a doorway into the impossible. Conway, a fabulously wealthy inventor, offers Stephen a fortune and the prospect of becoming his heir if he will help test a secret machine built in a hidden laboratory over eleven years—a sealed craft powered by a mysterious force that can suspend gravity and, as rumor has it, make objects vanish. Conway's true ambition is staggering: a voyage to the moon. Drawn by the promise of freedom, discovery, and the chance to witness history's greatest mystery firsthand, Stephen agrees, only to be launched into a voyage that defies every law he knows. As Earth falls away, he realizes the machine is carrying him backward through time along a fourth dimension, until he lands on a moon that is not barren at all but an ancient, living world of atmosphere, forests, and alien beauty. Armed with curiosity and a pistol, he begins to explore that primeval landscape, only to be attacked by a deadly balloon-like predator and plunged into a desperate struggle for survival. Science, wonder, and terror collide in a bold adventure of lunar exploration and time-bending discovery. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.