Project Gutenberg 2016-04-09 Public domain in the USA. 188 De Vet, Charles V. 1911 1997 DeVet, Charles V. Vet, Charles V. de Vet, Charles Vincent de Metamorphosis Produced from Galaxy Magazine December 1960 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Metamorphosis" by Charles V. De Vet is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The book revolves around a protagonist’s search for his former best friend, Howard Zealley, who has undergone a radical transformation due to a symbiotic infection that grants humans enhanced abilities at a grave cost. Set in an era of advancing technology and interplanetary tensions, the story delves into themes of identity, the human condition, and the moral implications of scientific experimentation. In the narrative, Max Calof embarks on a relentless quest to find Howard Zealley, following a trail of clues that reveal Zealley's drastic changes after being infected on a mission to an uninhabitable planet. As Max encounters various obstacles and confronts Zealley's dark and egotistical transformation, he learns about the perils of their symbiotic relationship and the impending doom it poses not only to themselves but to humanity as a whole. The story builds tension as Max navigates treacherous encounters while grappling with the existential implications of their shared experience and the choices made in a quest for survival and redemption. The climax reveals a harrowing encounter between Max and Zealley, culminating in a bitter reflection on the choices that lead them down divergent paths. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Parasites -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 54243 2025-06-20T16:25:36.292722 text/html 30668 2024-10-23T00:19:29 text/html 272733 2025-06-20T16:25:38.425782 application/epub+zip 271575 2025-06-20T16:25:36.763729 application/epub+zip 86347 2025-06-20T16:25:36.489753 application/epub+zip 307457 2025-06-20T16:25:39.855748 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 300479 2025-06-20T16:25:38.186736 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 115640 2022-09-23T14:37:10.068798 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 47195 2023-09-22T10:37:10.925610 text/plain 27506 2024-10-23T00:19:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16393 2025-06-20T16:25:40.145707 application/rdf+xml 28560 2025-06-20T16:25:36.581763 image/jpeg 4862 2025-06-20T16:25:36.530837 image/jpeg 245170 2025-06-20T16:25:36.309774 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog