Project Gutenberg 2024-05-08 Public domain in the USA. 138 Silverberg, Robert 1935 Knox, Calvin M. Martin, Webber Mitchell, Clyde Jarvis, E. K. Burke, Ralph Llewellyn Llewellyn, William Llewellyn, Bill Llew The mystery of Deneb IV $aNew York, NY :$bZiff-Davis Publishing Company, $c1956. Produced from Fantastic February 1957. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Mystery of Deneb IV" by Robert Silverberg is a science fiction novel written in the late 1950s. The story focuses on the protagonist, Dave Carter, who responds to a distress signal from the Survey Ship Vanguard on the unexplored planet Deneb IV, only to find himself ensnared in a dangerous plot involving alien mind control. The novel explores themes of deception, loyalty, and the struggle against invasive control by a powerful extraterrestrial entity. In the narrative, after Carter arrives on Deneb IV, he quickly discovers that the distress signal was a trap set by the crew of the Vanguard, who have fallen under the mental sway of the Khethlani, a telepathic mass that seeks to build a thought-link with other Khethlani across the galaxy. Carter, thanks to a titanium plate in his head from an earlier injury, proves immune to the Khethlani's control. As he navigates treachery and mind games, he eventually uncovers the true intentions of the Khethlani and devises a plan to thwart its ambitions. In a climactic ending, Carter sabotages the Khethlani’s plans, destroying the creature and ensuring his escape. Ultimately, he is poised to confront further threats from the remaining Khethlani across the universe. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20240319162946silverberg 1956 US Reading ease score: 87.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Telepathy -- Fiction Brainwashing -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 51331 2025-07-29T07:02:47.180425 text/html 26601 2024-05-09T15:02:05 text/html 298833 2025-07-29T07:02:50.642465 application/epub+zip 297576 2025-07-29T07:02:48.580439 application/epub+zip 152028 2025-07-29T07:02:47.739444 application/epub+zip 788349 2025-07-29T07:02:52.026408 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 780733 2025-07-29T07:02:50.101439 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 43350 2025-07-29T07:02:47.025465 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 23506 2024-05-09T15:02:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17365 2025-07-29T07:02:52.379396 application/rdf+xml 26444 2025-07-29T07:02:48.134422 image/jpeg 4708 2025-07-29T07:02:47.947436 image/jpeg 1461853 2025-07-29T07:02:47.200461 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 en.wikipedia More titles under Jorgensen, Ivar