The Empire of the Atom
The Earth had suffered a holocaust. History, records, all had been lost. Few people remained who could even recall what had precipitated such a disaster. But even these desperate circumstances could not alter the basic nature of man -- the aggressor. One, more strong and more ruthless than most, emerged from the smoking ruins of what had once been. From his plans to rule the Universe grew the seeds of the last great war of all -- the one that could finally erase man from the Universe. For this man was the possessor of the ultimate weapon. A fiery insubstantial ball whose depths contained a galaxy -- a universe. The most beautiful and the most deadly of possessions.