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The Forbidden Tower

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This is the novel of four who defied the powers of the matrix guardians - fanatics who protected those powers so that the planet of the ruddy sun might never fall beneath the influence of materialistic Terrans.

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The four who found themselves fused into a terrifying unity in that defiance were two men and two women.

The men were Damon Ridenow, a Comyn of the ruling caste, and Andrew Carr, the Earthman who had won for himself the right of clan-entry.

Audience
adult
Length
long · 416 pages

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