The Stars in Shroud

Gregory Benford

Language: Unknown

Published: Sep 29, 1969

Description:

The alien Quarn struck suddenly at the heart of Earth's interstellar Empire; their weapon a deadly plague, a soul-twisting assault that stripped away the veneer of civilization, and sent its victims fleeing back a million years to the safety of the ancestral caves. No one knew how the Quarn spread the plague. No one knew why they wanted to destroy humanity. But Captain Ling Sanjen had thought of a way to stop them…