The Complete Skylark: The Skylark of Space; Skylark Three; Skylark of Valeron; Skylark Duquesne

788 pp. Four books in one volume:The Skylark of Space; Skylark Three; Skylark of Valeron; Skylark Duquesne. Dick Seaton accidentally discovers a workable space drive in combining pure copper with a newly discovered element "X." Having failed to re-create the effect, Seaton realizes that the missing component is a field generated by DuQuesne's particle accelerator, his arch-enemy, and thereafter sets up a business with his millionaire friend, Martin Crane, to build a spaceship... "Skylark Three", though a complete story in itself, continues the adventures of Richard Seaton, Marc DuQuesne, Dunark of Kondal and others introduced in "The Skylark of Space". Strange beings on strange worlds are created by the tacile pen and fertile imagination of Dr. Smith. Scientific wonders and adventures merge in a tale that is certain to hold the reader's interest from the very first page. Basically, "Skylark Three" is the story of Dr. Richard Seaton's quest for knowledge with which to combat the vastly superior science of the Fenachrone, a semi-human race of beings from a distant solar system, who threaten the very existence of countless civilized worlds. Somewhere, Seaton believes, must live a cure whose knowledge is greater than that of the invaders. As the mighty spaceship Skylark roamed the intergalactic spaceways, scientist Richard Seaton and his companions found a world of disembodied intelligences. A world of four dimensions where time was insanely distorted and matter obeyed no terrestrial laws - where three-dimensional human intellects had to fight hard to thwart malevolent invisible mentalities... Scientists Dick Seaton and Marc DuQuesne were the deadliest enemies in the galaxy and their feud had blazed among the stars and challenged the history of a thousand planets. But now a threat from outside the galaxy drove them into a desperate alliance as hordes of strange aliens stormed through space on a collision course with Man. Seaton and DuQuesne fought side by side to fend off the invasion - as Seaton kept constant, perilous watch for DuQuesne's inevitable double-cross.