The "forgotten" planet had been seeded for life, first with microbes and later with plants and insects. A third expedition, intended to complete the seeding with animals, never occurred. Over the millennia the insects and plants grew to gigantic sizes. The action of the novel describes the fight for survival by descendants of a crashed spaceship as they battle wolf-sized ants, flies the size of chickens, and gigantic flying wasps. (Summary by Wikipedia)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
00 - Prologue
17:56 - Chapter 2
01 - Mad Planet
34:43 - Chapter 3
02 - Man Escapes
49:04 - Chapter 4
03 - The Purple Hills
39:48 - Chapter 5
04 - A Killer of Monsters
25:00 - Chapter 6
05 - Meat of Mans Killing!
42:14 - Chapter 7
06 - Red Dust
36:26 - Chapter 8
07 - Journey Through Death - Part 1
24:56 - Chapter 9
08 - Journey Through Death - Part 2
22:07 - Chapter 10
09 - A Flight Continues - Part 1
22:43 - Chapter 11
10 - A Flight Continues - Pat 2
27:03 - Chapter 12
11 - There is Such a Thing as Sunshine
25:52 - Chapter 13
12 - Men Climb up to Savagery
23:03 - Chapter 14
13 - Warm Blood is a Bond
23:26 - Chapter 15
14 - Epilogue
11:47