The Five Hells of Orion: Out in the great gas cloud of the Orion Nebula McCray found an ally—and a foe!

Written by Frederik Pohl

Narrated by Philip Chenevert

The aliens were fighting for their lives against the Old Ones. And losing. Badly. They had run as far as they could and still were facing total eradication. Humans knew nothing of them or their fight or of the Old Ones and were blithely going to and from their successful colonies in Betelgeuse 9. But then the aliens, in their desperation for any ally, decided to seek help from these odd repulsive bipeds by kidnapping one. This is the story of how that worked out for them.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Worlds of IF Science Fiction
• Release date: Aug 22, 2023
• ISBN: 9798368963273

Frederik Pohl

Frederik Pohl (1919-2013) was one of science fiction's most important authors. Among his many novels are Gateway, which won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, the Hugo Award, the Locus SF Award, and the Nebula Award, Beyond the Blue Event Horizon, which was a finalist for the Hugo and Nebula Awards, and Jem, which won the 1980 National Book Award in Science Fiction. He also collaborated on classic science fiction novels including The Space Merchants with Cyril M. Kornbluth. Pohl was an award-winning editor of Galaxy and If, a book editor at Bantam, and served as president of the Science Fiction Writers of America. He was named a Grand Master of Science Fiction by SFWA in 1993, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.