Cube Root of Conquest

"Cube Root of Conquest" by Rog Phillips is a science fiction story that tackles ideas about taking over, reality, and many universes, all wrapped up with science about time and space and what people want. When Jan, a quick and clever hunter finds a strange, glowing square that makes things disappear, it kicks off a big fight with Hute Hitle, a scary, strong guy from another world who wants to mess things up big time. A scientist working for Hute, named Carl Grinch, explains a tricky way to travel through time and space using math ideas like the cube root of conquest. At the end, Grinch shows that Hute’s plans will not work because they are happening in a fake world, which suggests that really taking over is just a dream. The story mixes exciting action with thoughtful questions about what is real and how power works in a universe that follows hard math rules.