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The werewolf principle

by Clifford D. Simak

Following his rescue from a space capsule, a man returns to a futuristic Earth with no memory of his past. His search for identity reveals a suppressed scientific theory that holds the key to his origins and the future of the human race.

Accession 15152 ISBN 0330026178 Publisher Pan
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