Heads of Cerberus

by Francis Stevens

21 chapters6h 18mEnglish1919

About this book

A pioneering work in the alternate worlds genre, The Heads of Cerberus was serialized in The Thrill Book in 1919 and published as a novel in 1952. A vial of grey dust transports three unwitting time travelers to a totalitarian version of Philadelphia in the year 2118. While certain landmarks stand unchanged, the societal structure is unrecognizable. Superlative adjectives and numbered buttons have replaced names and an oligarchy wield godlike power over the masses. To return home, the trio must win over the Loveliest, outsmart the Cleverest, and survive a deadly competition. - Summary by Christina Fu

Chapters (21)

1Chapter 1 - "Welcome, However You Come!"

1297

2Chapter 2 - "Dust of Purgatory"

1592

3Chapter 3 - Arrivals and Departures

946

4Chapter 4 -Where the Gray Dust Led

952

5Chapter 5 - The Weaver of the Years

1666

6Chapter 6 - A Matter of Buttons

935

7Chapter 7 - A Few Small Changes

694

8Chapter 8 - Legal Procedure Expedited

664

9Chapter 9 - The Pit of the Past

964

10Chapter 10 - The Fourth Victim

1028

11Chapter 11 - Mine and Countermine

921

12Chapter 12 - The New City

796

13Chapter 13 - Penn Service

408

14Chapter 14 - The Threat of Penn

1555

15Chapter 15 - The Justice of Penn Service

1327

16Chapter 16 - Disaster

1477

17Chapter 17 - Their Last Chance

1199

18Chapter 18 - The Sword and the Bell

970

19Chapter 19 - Trenmore Strikes

848

20Chapter 20 - Transferred Home

595

21Chapter 21 - The Last of the Gray Dust

1880

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