After weeks of uneventful flight, the Alphans once again journey into perils which threaten their imminent annihilation. The Moon Base becomes the target of unknown aliens determined to secure the Alphans' vital power supplies to ensure their own survival.

A bizarre, jewel-like asteroid containing the microcosmic Heart of Kalthon which demands vast energy supplies to convert it to its original size...

An evil, ghost-like visitor from the Anti-Matter Universe seeking to materialise his dying race in the Positive Universe...

Strange humanoid life-forms kept in suspended animation and doomed to die unless awoken...

A mysterious dust cloud protecting a monstrous creature sent to steal the Alphans' life support system.

 

Published
1977
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Michael Butterworth

Michael Butterworth (born 1947) is a British author and publisher who has written many novels and short stories, particularly in the genre of science fiction. Because of the similarity of name he is often erroneously credited with the works of comic strip script writer and novelist Mike Butterworth, author of The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire and Gothic romance novels under the pen-name Carola Salisbury. The two authors are not related. From 1968 to 1975, Butterworth mostly wrote short stories for New Worlds and many anthologies of New Wave SF. He also edited the small press magazines Concentrate, Corridor and Wordworks. In 1976 he…