Synopsis: From the back cover of the DAW printing: "Petaja's Kalevalan Classics Then the sky was cleft asunder All the air was filled with windows Burst asunder by the fire sparks As the red drop quickly descended And a gap gleamed forth in heaven. - Kalevala (Runo XLVII) Much of the early history of the Earth is preserved only the lore handed down by singers and storytellers around primitive campfires. What cosmic secrets are interpreted therein? What mighty events of men and godlike beings are remembered only through the medium of such bards? What historical marvels are concealed in such legendry? The Kalevala of the Finnish People, whose origins are shrouded in mystery, is a source for science-fictional interpretation in the light of modern speculative astronomy and physics. The Kalevalan novels of Emil Petaja are unique in all science fiction for in his cycle of novels, Petaja recasts the heroic sagas of the past in the light of the future. The Stolen Sun contains two such full-length novels, one being the title story; the other being Tramontane, an epic of the superman who was sent to destroy humanity."