Tom Corbett steps off the monorail at Space Academy with a hundred other hopefuls and is thrown into a unit with the cocky Roger Manning and the huge Venusian Astro. Training, rivalries and a cruise toward Mars test whether the three can become a crew. Willy Ley served as technical adviser.
The first Tom Corbett novel, from the 1950s series that grew out of the television show, a model of optimistic juvenile space adventure. Download the free EPUB.