THE CITY AND THE STARS

By Arthur C Clarke

Synopsis

Men had built cities before, but never such a city as Diaspar; for millennia its protective dome shut out the decay and danger of the world outside. But then, as legend had it, the Invaders came, driving humanity into this last refuge. It takes one man, a Unique, to smash the legend and discover the true nature of the Invaders.

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Narrator	Mike Grady
Length	9hrs 45mins
Catalogue No.	11341
Publisher	Clipper; 2013

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