Chapter 42

“Over six thousand years ago the last fourth-order rays were worked out; and certain peculiarities in their behavior led the then Rovol to suspect the existence of the fifth-order. Successive generations of the Rovol proved their existence, determined the conditions of their liberation, and found that this metal of power was the only catalyst able to liberate them in usable quantity. This metal, which was called Rovolon after the Rovol, was first described upon theoretical grounds and later was found, by spectrosco…