Park Hamilton, weary director of the UN-backed Science Projects Research, starts the day with a sense that disaster is already in motion. In a world where scientific breakthroughs can topple governments as easily as they can transform lives, Hamilton's job is to keep brilliant, unruly minds from igniting international chaos. His instincts prove right when a coded emergency from Antarctica reports that inventor Sven Ryan has vanished after testing a revolutionary device. Before Hamilton can assess the damage, Ryan turns up in New York, drunk, boastful, and apparently talking too much. What begins as a rescue becomes a power struggle. Ryan's invention is an instantaneous matter-transmitter, capable of making ordinary transport obsolete and threatening the global economy. As Hamilton, UN liaison Ian Harris, and hard-driving financier Charles Forsythe clash over security, patents, and national authority, the stakes rise from scientific scandal to world crisis. In Antarctica, Ryan finally demonstrates the machine's astonishing power, even as he remains haunted by its limits. Sam Merwin Jr.'s Passage to Anywhere launches a tense science-fiction thriller about invention, ambition, and the dangerous question of who should control the future. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.