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Perry Rhodan 061 Spybot 1/ TILT! ATLANTIS. The legendary continent. A
survivor into the 21st century-Atlan, after whom the sunken land had been
named-had unfolded an unknown chapter of Earth's prehistory before his
listeners. Privy in person to Atlan's gripping, vivid narration had been the
top officers of the Drusus, flagship of the Terranian Space Fleet, but via the
ship's intercom and the viewscreens the ship's complement had been able to
share the event either in their quarters or at their posts. When Atlan ended
his amazing story a heavy silence descended on all concerned. The giant
spherical spaceship stood guard at a point 30 light-years from Earth and
watched for the very first signs of any attack from the alien time
dimension. It was very difficult to dispel the deep impression made by the
historical revelations of the Timeless One of Arkon. For several millennia
there had been only one clue to that fabled area of Earth: a brief observation
made by Plato in one of his works. Hundreds of dreamers and visionaries from
Donnelly to Iknor had attempted to read into Plato's famous lines more than
they said and through the centuries they had sought to trace Atlantis to
almost every place on Earth. Many theories had been advanced as to what may
have caused the Atlantean catastrophe and yet all that time on Earth there was
one man in a position to put an end to speculations. One man who could have
cleared up the mystery at any time-had he wished to. Atlan the Arkonide.
Time's Lonely One. The immortal Crystal Prince. Atlan, member of the
distinguished family of Gonozal, which represented the Emperor at the time of
their departure from Arkon. Atlan, the man whose followers so revered him that
they named a continent after him on the 3rd planet of a newly discovered solar
system. Where did all the efforts of the philologists lead? The learned
scholars who so emphatically traced the Indo-European word-stem 'tl' or 'tla'
to the primitive word tragen, meaning 'to carry', and thus naturally had
looked to Atlas the carrier of the globe of the world? What else could it be
but a confusion arising from a similarity of sounds in words which were not
truly related? Atlan's report was a sensation. But it was more: it confirmed
that for over 10,000 years Earth-time the mysterious unknown entity dwelling
on the synthetic planet Wanderer had known the tremendous peril faced by the
entire galaxy due to the threat of the invisible enemy from the alien time
dimension. And It had attempted preventative steps against these
beings. Attempted! The word seemed weak, an understatement when one
considered what tremendous powers were available to the wonder-thing on
Wanderer and how simple it had always been for It to eliminate all other
dangers. The immortal being of Wanderer had set Atlan the task of facing the
enigmatic creatures from another time-continuum. By human logic this meant the
unknown inhabitant of Wanderer could not handle the problem alone.-But if It
could not face the menace... who could? .... Perry Rhodan was the first to
break from the spell that Atlan's revelations had cast on them all. He stood
up and as he spoke his words were calm and to the point: "I thank you, Atlan,
for all of us. Your report was more than merely revealing and of course in a
sense it was a bit depressing. But I hope that with your practical experience
in this matter we may be able to complete the assignment that you received
from the unknown entity so long ago and far away." Atlan smiled faintly. "Not
much has been accomplished from all my experience, Rhodan. Whatever I did then
was a drop in the bucket... or a shot in the dark as you people say." Rhodan
returned the smile. "One should not despair. You know our proverb: a good