Planet of the Gods

"Planet of the Gods" by Robert Moore Williams is a science fiction story from the 1940s about an interstellar journey gone awry. Commander Jed Hargraves leads an exploration team to a new solar system, hoping to find life. But instead of peaceful contact, they are attacked by an unknown spherical spaceship, threatening their mission and their lives. The survivors face even stranger events when their dead crewmates are somehow brought back to life, claiming the planet's inhabitants resurrected them. As Hargraves and his crew struggle to survive, they uncover the secrets of these advanced, telepathic beings and discover a surprising connection between their own species and the planet's mysterious residents, raising questions about humanity's place in the vast universe.