Tells the story of Adam Jeffson: the first man to reach the North Pole and the last man left alive on earth. “Fantastic, weird, macabre . . . imaginative, fascinating, convincing, as some dreadful nightmare . . . a remarkable piece of work . . . head and shoulders above the average tale of fantastic adventure.” — The New York Times Book Review

“Delivered with a skill and artistry falling little short of actual majesty.” — H. P. Lovecraft


“The first great science fiction novel of the science fiction century.” — John Clute