This is a classic science fiction novel by Robert Sheckley, a Hugo and
Nebula Award nominated author. This story follows Will Barnett, a man
convicted of a crime on Earth, who is memory-washed and sentenced to a
prison term on the planet Omega, from which there is seemingly no
escape. However, he does return to Earth and finds it full of subtle
terrors more insidious than those of the ruthless prison planet he left
behind This work is part of our Vintage Sci-Fi Classics Series, a series
in which we are republishing some of the best stories in the genre by
some of its most acclaimed authors, such as Isaac Asimov, Marion Zimmer
Bradley, and Robert Sheckley. Each publication is complete with a short
introduction to the history of science fiction.