Kipton and the Tower of Time chronicles another Kipton visit to the West Mars, where a mysterious tower seems to offer the possibility of time travel. The Tower of Time gives the appearance of being an ancient artifact, left behind by an advanced civilization which used a set of symbols no one seems able to comprehend. When things go badly wrong on a trip Kipton takes with a group of scientists, Kipton is drawn into solving yet another mystery.
Charles Louis Fontenay was an American journalist and science fiction writer.
He wrote science fiction novels and short stories. His non-fiction includes the biography of prominent New Deal era politician Estes Kefauver.
Mr. Fontenay served as editor of the Nashville Tennessean, among other newspapers, worked with the Associated Press and Gannett News Service. He retired to St. Petersburg, Florida where he continued to write science fiction until shortly before his death.