Captives Of The Flame

Classic 1960’s Science Fiction from an established master! “ He was some place he had never been before. He did not know how he had gotten there. He did not know how to get back. And the close horizon, the double shadows … now he realized that this was not Earth of the Thirty-fifth Century. “ But the City…. It was on earth, and he was on earth, and he was—had been—in it. Again the negations: the City was not on a desert, nor could its dead, deserted towers cast double shadows, nor was the transit ribbon broken. “ The transit ribbon! “ No! “ It couldn’t be broken. He almost screamed. Don’t let it be broken, please….“