"Space is deep, Man is small and Time is his relentless enemy.... " How far is too far? Alan Corday is about to find out. Corday is shanghaied aboard a craft bound for the stars. . . on a journey at the speed of light, the world he leaves behind fast vanishing into the past. And nothing in the dark, forbidding reaches of space can prepare him for the astounding discovery he will make upon his return from the stars." """This is indeed golden SF from the Golden Age. " Publishers Weekly Starred Review "