Stranger from Smallness

By Otis Adelbert Kline

A young woman appears dead, yet her body remains biologically preserved. Forced by her abductors to examine her, American doctor and bacteriologist Ralph Blake encounters a mystery that challenges the boundary between measurable life and apparent impossibility. His investigation draws empirical science into uneasy proximity with occult phenomena, making each observation a test not only of professional judgement but of how much the known world can explain. Cairo's Arab quarter and crowded caf s open onto a wider landscape of desert secrecy, guarded power and international intrigue. At a fortified residence equipped for scientific and military purposes, Blake studies an unprecedented microscopic life-form while facing imprisonment, armed coercion and the shadow of a military conspiracy. Bacteriology becomes the engine of a speculative adventure in which unexplained illness and suspended animation carry consequences far beyond the laboratory. Against this conflict between inquiry and control, the novel examines courage under pressure, hospitality and honour across cultures, resistance to militarism, and love constrained by social and religious barriers. Mystery, espionage and romantic melodrama converge without dissolving the central tension: whether disciplined investigation can penetrate events that resemble magic, or whether knowledge itself has limits. The desert setting sharpens the contrast between scientific scrutiny and concealed force, while Blake's position as both physician and captive gives the bacteriology mystery an immediate human stake. 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: 937778560X
• ISBN13: 9789377785604
• Release Date: November 2026
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"