Sinister Barrier
by Eric Frank Russell
Publisher: World Editions 1950
Number of pages: 164
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This story by Eric Frank Russell was first serialized in 1930, then published in book form in 1943. The story of a future where the human race is owned and operated by the invisible Vitons, parasites that feed on human pain and anguish.
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