Spawn of the Comet

By Otis Adelbert Kline

A comet passes, and the threat it leaves behind is alive. Told as Dick Perry's first-person eyewitness chronicle, this alien invasion novel confronts humanity with cloud-like extraterrestrial organisms that attack people, animals and machines before assuming a stalk-like terrestrial form. The danger is not merely an enemy to be fought, but a biological catastrophe whose nature remains only partly understood. Scientific investigation becomes inseparable from survival when Dick, a young Chicago office worker, joins his fianc e and her scientist father at a rural home and laboratory in the Mississippi Valley. There, observation and experiment offer the best hope of resistance. The creatures' anatomy, reproduction, feeding behaviour and life cycle must be studied even as fields, livestock and a nearby airport require defence. Improvised weapons and practical intelligence stand against an organism capable of adaptation, while government action raises the wider question of whether its spread can be contained. The eyewitness voice keeps the science fiction grounded in immediate uncertainty: each discovery may reveal a vulnerability, yet incomplete knowledge makes every response precarious. Human beings must cooperate across domestic, scientific and official spheres, testing their ingenuity against a life-form that does not conform to familiar assumptions. Blending extraterrestrial invasion, survival and biological inquiry, the novel turns close observation into a source of suspense and makes the struggle to understand as urgent as the struggle to endure. This book was out of print for decades and is now republished by Alpha Editions. It has been restored for today's and future generations. This edition is not just a reprint - it's a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9377789559
• ISBN13: 9789377789558
• Release Date: November 2026
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 46 Pages
• Weight: 0.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"