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Empire Podcast Transcripts

Clifford D. Simak · 52 episodes with transcripts

In a distant future, the solar system relies on a single energy source, tightly controlled by a powerful corporation intent on using its dominance to rule the planets.

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Highest Treason-Randall Garrett

October 18, 2026

Clifford D. Simak (0:00)

Part 1 of The Highest Treason. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org. The Highest Treason by Randall Garrett. Part 1—The Prisoner.

The two rooms were not luxurious, but McMain hadn't expected that they would be. The walls were a flat metallic gray, unadorned and windowless. The ceilings and floors were simply continuations of the walls, except for the glow-plates overhead. One room held a small cabinet for his personal possessions, a wide…

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