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In a future where humans are gone and animals rule, Hammond Drake awakens in a strange world after a journey to 2514 AD. Finding himself among a fox, a bear, and a bulldog known as The General, he learns that only the rats still seek war—while the rest of the animal world desires peace. With the fate of humanity’s legacy hanging in the balance, Drake must decide what kind of future he wants to return to.

In "I Want To Be a Man," a brilliant scientist creates a sentient machine named Fabiac, only to be stunned when the machine expresses a desire to become human. As the scientist attempts to grant that wish by building Fabiac a physical form, the machine’s encounter with its own reflection leads to a moment of profound realization—and irreversible consequence.

In "The Thing on Sputnik 4," Captain Kelly's curiosity leads her to cut open a mysterious triangular meteor aboard a space station, uncovering a walnut-shaped object that sets off a chain of alarming events. As Major General Holt warns against jumping to conclusions, the Bio-Chemical Lab Technician's investigation takes a sudden, terrifying turn when a series of beeps and explosions shake the station. Outside, Kelly spots an old Sputnik satellite emitting the same signal—and a strange space creature clinging to it—before the walnut object reunites with the creature, and both vanish into a triangular meteor.

In the harsh silence of Lunar Crater Tycho, American mineralogist Ward Stratton finds himself trapped and accused by Russian Commandant Colonel Alexandrovna of sabotage. As tensions rise and a mysterious moon creature attacks, Stratton and Alexandrovna are forced to confront the real threat—just as a Russian rescue party arrives to drive it off.

In "Island in the Sky," Bill Fenner awakens aboard a mysterious vessel after being flung into Jupiter’s Red Spot—only to find himself unharmed, yet changed. With Mike Baker and Doctor Johnson at his side, Bill begins to unravel the strange new abilities surging through his body, all while a hidden organism in his brain holds the key to his impossible survival.

In "The Face on Mars," Ben Fisher, Koski, Brennan, and Lake scale a colossal Martian statue when Fisher vanishes through an eye socket, awakening in a hidden, verdant city beneath the planet's surface. As alien giants prepare a desperate strike against a mysterious world between Mars and Jupiter, the group’s journey through the asteroid belt reveals the shattered remnants of a long-dead planet — and the terrifying truth behind the face they’ve climbed.

In "Space Garbage," a man once known for inventing brutal space punishments finds himself trapped on an asteroid—his own twisted legacy come to life. When a group of explorers discover him adrift, they’re stunned to realize he’s not just a fugitive, but a victim of the very system he designed. The asteroid he’s chained to holds a secret that turns his fate into something far stranger than anyone could have imagined.