Dedication
FIRST LENSMAN
A PYRAMID BOOK
Published by arrangement with the author
Fantasy Press edition published 1950
Pyramid edition published December, 1964
Second printing July, 1966
Third printing April, 1967
Fourth printing September, 1967
Fifth printing May, 1968
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ATTACK FROM SPACE
The enemy spacefleet arrowed toward the armored mountain—nerve center of the Galactic Patrol. The Patrol battle cruisers swerved to meet them, and a miles-long cone of pure energy ravened out at the invaders, destroying whatever it touched.
But the moment before the force beam struck, thousands of tiny objects dropped from the enemy fleet and, faster than light, flashed straight at their target—each one an atom bomb powerful enough to destroy Patrol Headquarters by itself!
The Galactic Patrol—and civilization itself—had seconds to live. Unless a miracle happened....
A LENSMAN ADVENTURE
Second in the Great Series