The Enemy Stars Author:Poul Anderson The black star was not part of Creation. It was a fossil sun, left over from a Universe that had died before this one was born, circled by an iron tomb that had once been a planet. When the black star called, four men went to the galaxy's edge. Only one came back. But he did not come back alone ... — The time is the 23rd century, and ships ar... more »e crawling outward from Earth into the interstellar depths. It will take centuries for the ships to make it to the closest planets, but then travel will be instantaneous, because the ships carry matter transmitters not subject to the limitations of light speed. At last one ship has made contact with the stars.« less