Paperback original novel, Robert Hoskins (1933 - 1993) was an American science fiction writer. This is the second of three science fiction adventure novels he wrote which comprise his "Stars" trilogy (the others are "Master of the Stars" (1976) and "To Escape the Stars" (1978). All take place in a future where ancient "stargates" are used to transport between worlds; an idea perhaps serving as inspiration for the 1994 movie and later TV series.

Del Rey / Ballantine, 1978. Mass market paperback, 1st of two printings. This is the third in a trilogy of novels; it follows Master of the Stars (1976) To Control the Stars (1977) This trilogy describes, over a period of aeons, a cluster of galactic civilizations connected by a system of ancient Stargates.