In a future world confident in science and social progress, Celeste Wolver is shaken when Mars's moons vanish and long-dismissed predictions of cosmic instability suddenly seem terrifyingly plausible. As her husband Theodor tries to keep faith with reason, reports of shared ESP dreams, religious panic, and Kometevskyite demonstrations suggest that humanity may be facing far more than an astronomical anomaly. The Wolvers' uneasy family life deepens the dread, especially as their daughter Dotty speaks in strange, godlike ways and the fragile bonds around Celeste begin to feel unreal. As investigations widen, a buried briefcase, a mysterious Deep Shaft, and the disappearance of Ivan and Rosalind point toward something hidden beneath Earth itself. Clues accumulate until Edmund voices the impossible: Earth and the planets may be camouflaged spaceship-worlds, part of a vast concealed civilization. Dotty becomes the voice of that ancient race, explaining a culture that prizes mental privacy so fiercely it disguised itself as the Solar System and seeded life to preserve its secret. What begins in cosmic horror and uncertainty gradually opens into awe, reconciliation, and the possibility of humanity's awakening into a larger, stranger universe. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.