Edge of Eternity

by John S. Glasby

These were the last weeks and days before the end of the world, before total destruction overwhelmed Earth and every living thing on the surface of the planet. No one knew exactly how long they had before the sun turned nova and destroyed not only Earth but all of the other planets in the Solar System. For mankind, the only excape lay in flight to the stars, to Alpha Centauri, more than four light years distant.The hyperdrive, capable of carrying them there at close to the speed of light had been developed, but as yet had not been perfected. In a world without a future, the starships were the only salvation of mankind and they could save only a minute fraction of the population of Earth.Panic is there, but temporarily forgotten by most, as the plans for a mass exodus are speeded up, as the long hours of mounting tension draw to a close and Judgement Day, when the world shall be destroyed by fire, is mo longer a hazy time in the far future, but something very close and very terrible. For those who remained behind, there could be no escape; death would come suddenly, eight minutes after the nova explosion. For those who fled the Solar System in the starships, untried and working on principles only partially understood, there was only the long, terrible journey through the endless night, not knowing what lay at the end of it.

109 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

John Stephen Glasby (23 September 1928 – 5 June 2011) was a prolific British author whose work spanned a range of popular genres. A professional research chemist and mathematician, he produced over 300 novels and short stories during the 1950s and 1960s, most of which were published pseudonymously under the Badger Books imprint.

Pseudonyms (listed alphabetically):

Chuck Adams
John Adams
R.L. Bowers
Tex Bradley
Berl Cameron
Craig Campbell
Max Chartair
Randall Conway
Ray Cosmic
John Crawford
J.B. Dexter
John Glasby
J.S. Glasby
Michael Hamilton
J.J. Hansby
D.K. Jennings
Marston Johns
Victor La Salle
Victor LaSalle
Peter Laynham
H.K. Lennard
Rand Le Page
Paul Lorraine
John C. Maxwell
A.J. Merak
H.J. Merak
John Morton
John E. Muller
J.L. Powers
Manning K. Robertson
Karl Zeigfreid