The Planet of Peril

Restless and wealthy, Robert Ellsmore Grandon longs for purpose beyond the comfort of Chicago society—so when a stranger drugs and abducts him after the opera, he is thrust into a nightmare that becomes an invitation to the impossible. Dr. Morgan, a formidable scientist, reveals an astonishing scheme of telepathy, astral projection, and interplanetary body exchange, offering Grandon a chance to cross the gulf to Venus in pursuit of adventure. He awakens in a slave camp on a harsh alien world, trapped in the battered body of a laborer and surrounded by cruelty, tork-armed guards, and brutal labor. As Grandon struggles to survive quarry work, savage forests, and monstrous predators, he begins to absorb the memories of his borrowed body and learns of the sabits' rigid, oppressive society. Yet his thoughts remain fixed on Vernia, another captive whose fate is tied to the mating pens and the savage customs of a world where women are prizes and rebellion is rare. Across this strange empire, defiance flickers in stolen loyalties, desperate love, and the hope of rescue. Grandon's secret escape plan leads him into the depths of the slave quarters—and into a hidden subterranean discovery that may change everything. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.