Skylark Three is the second in Edward E. Smith's Skylark series. Originally serialized through the Amazing Stories magazine it was first collected in book form in 1948.Skylark Three is set a year after the events of The Skylark of Space, during which antagonist Marc "Blackie" DuQuesne has used his wealth obtained in The Skylark of Space to buy a controlling interest in the story's World Steel Corporation. DuQuesne announces a long absence from Earth searching for a species more knowledgeable than the Osnomians allied with protagonist Richard Seaton.