Earthbound (Winston Science Fiction Book 1)
by Milton Lesser
"We'll thunder off to Io,Out in the Jovian Moons.We'll feast our eyes
and seek the skiesAnd plunder Martian ruins!"The "Spaceman's Chant"
turned from a spirited to a heartbreaking refrain when Cadet Peter Hodges
learned that he would never be allowed to "thunder off to Io."Bitter
disappointment, to a youth whose father had been one of the first space
captains, motivates this gripping tale of the future. Studded with detail of the
spaceports, ships and men that handle interplanetary flight, Earthbound is the
very human drama of a disillusioned cadet forced by circumstances to help
plunder the very space liners he was trained to protect.How Pete Hodges
became involved with interplanetary racketeers, his dramatic escape, his flight
to the asteroids on a mission the authorities knew could not succed, is a finely
wrought drama that only an author of Milton Lesser's stature could write. Fired
with suspense and action, this story of one young man's determination to face
the speckled blackness of outer space is science fiction at its best! Milton Lesser was raised in Brooklyn and attended the College of William and Mary. After several years writing science fiction under his given name, including four books for the Winston Science Fiction series, he legally adopted the pen name Stephen Marlowe. He authored more than fifty novels, including nearly two dozen featuring globe-trotting private eye Chester Drum.
and seek the skiesAnd plunder Martian ruins!"The "Spaceman's Chant"
turned from a spirited to a heartbreaking refrain when Cadet Peter Hodges
learned that he would never be allowed to "thunder off to Io."Bitter
disappointment, to a youth whose father had been one of the first space
captains, motivates this gripping tale of the future. Studded with detail of the
spaceports, ships and men that handle interplanetary flight, Earthbound is the
very human drama of a disillusioned cadet forced by circumstances to help
plunder the very space liners he was trained to protect.How Pete Hodges
became involved with interplanetary racketeers, his dramatic escape, his flight
to the asteroids on a mission the authorities knew could not succed, is a finely
wrought drama that only an author of Milton Lesser's stature could write. Fired
with suspense and action, this story of one young man's determination to face
the speckled blackness of outer space is science fiction at its best! Milton Lesser was raised in Brooklyn and attended the College of William and Mary. After several years writing science fiction under his given name, including four books for the Winston Science Fiction series, he legally adopted the pen name Stephen Marlowe. He authored more than fifty novels, including nearly two dozen featuring globe-trotting private eye Chester Drum.