The call from beyond

"The Call from Beyond" by Clifford D. Simak is a science fiction story that follows a man named Frederick West on his journey to escape Earth and start anew on Pluto's moon. He finds a broken scientist named Walter J. Darling, who tells him about the strange beings living on Pluto and their experiments with changing humans. As Frederick gets deeper into this mystery, meeting people like Louis Nevin and encountering the telepathic White Singer, he uncovers a shocking plot to completely transform humanity using hormones made in secret labs. He faces tough choices, betrayal and mind-bending discoveries about what it means to be human as he fights to save himself and possibly all of humankind from a terrifying fate. The story blends adventure with deep thoughts about who we are and what we might become.