Skylark Three is the second book in the Skylark series and is set a year after the events of The Skylark of Space during which year antagonist Marc Blackie DuQuesne has used the wealth obtained in the previous book to buy a controlling interest in the storys World Steel Corporation a large company known for its ruthless attitude When the story begins DuQuesne announces a long absence from Earth to find another species more knowledgeable than the ...