The Power of Illusion

Pages: 592
Published: 2011
Language: English

In Christopher Anvil's 'The Power of Illusion,' a desperate mission unfolds across a hostile alien world. When a vital piece of technology is lost, a team must race against time and the planet's dangers to retrieve it. Their survival hinges on their ability to overcome both external threats and the deceptions that surround them.

Prose complexity: 7/10

Thought-Provoking Intellectual Complex

Science Fiction

Christopher Anvil

"Christopher Anvil" is a pseudonym used by author Harry C. Crosby (1922-2009). Harry Crosby's first published short story was "Cinderella, Inc.", which appeared in the December 1952 issue of Imagination. By 1956, he had adopted the pseudonym and was being published in Astounding Magazine. His first published book was The Day the Machines Stopped (1964). He is best known for his Federation of Humanity series, which he referred to as the Colonization Series before they were published as coll...