The Universe Maker

About “The Universe Maker”

Morton Cargill is about to die for a crime he committed 400 years ago in this 1953 novel by A. E. van Vogt. Lieutenant Cargill was brought from the past to be punished for an accidental murder, and now finds himself in a world ruled by the Shadows, an evil people who can pass through solid walls untouched by weapons, while being threatened by the celestial Planiacs, hunted by one race and held captive by the other.