The Revolt on Venus

"Emergency air lock open!" The tall, broad-shouldered officer, wearing the magnificent black-and-gold uniform of the Solar Guard, spoke into a small microphone and waited for an a...

"The situation may be serious and it may not, but I don't want to take any chances." Commander Walters sat in his office, high up in the Tower of Galileo, with department heads fr...

"Blast off--minus--five--four--three--two--one--_zero_!" As the main drive rockets blasted into life, Tom fell back in his seat before the control panel of the _Polaris_ and felt ...

"_Yeeooowww!_" Roaring with jubilation and jumping high in the air at every other step, Astro raced out of the gigantic maintenance hangar at the Venusport spaceport and charged a...

"Wow!" exclaimed Roger. "Jumping Jupiter!" commented Tom. "Blast my jets!" roared Astro. Rex Sinclair smiled as he maneuvered the sleek black space yacht in a tight circle a tho...

"I guess that's the Sharkey place over there," mumbled Major Connel to himself, banking his jet launch over the green jungles and pointing the speedy little craft's nose toward the...

"What can I do for you, Officer?" Connel heaved his bulk out of the jet launch and looked hard at the man standing in front of him. "You Rex Sinclair?" Sinclair nodded. "That's r...

"Are you sure they went south, Astro?" Major Connel was examining a map of the Southern Hemisphere of Venus. The three cadets were grouped around him in the small control room of ...

"Rocket cruiser _Polaris_ to Solar Guard Venusport! Request emergency relay circuit to Commander Walters en route Earth!" On the radar bridge of the _Polaris_, Roger Manning spoke...

"Hal-loo-ooo!" Astro's voice boomed out over the tops of the trees, where the birds fluttered in sudden fright. It echoed through the darkness around him, where smaller creatures ...

It was not until late the same afternoon that Astro, following the trail of the tyrannosaurus, realized that the giant beast was seriously hurt. At first the traces of blood on the...

"You're right, Tom," said Major Connel. "They must be around here somewhere. Start looking. If they're not here, it may mean he's still alive." It was Tom who had thought of looki...

"Stand where you are!" Tom and Major Connel stiffened and looked around, the unconscious form of Roger stretched between them on the litter. From the jungle around them, green-cla...

"Put your back against the door, Tom!" snapped Connel. "Quickly!" Tom felt the powerful grip of the Solar Guard officer's fingers on his arm as he was pulled backward. He closed h...

"I can tell you the way out of the base." Adjusting the plastic helmet over his head, Carson stepped up close to Astro and Tom and spoke confidently. "It's very simple." "Whew!" ...

"Bring that dirty little space crawler in here!" Captain Strong had never seen Commander Walters so angry. The cords stood out in his neck and his face was red with fury as he pac...

"What time is it, Astro?" "Exactly eleven o'clock, sir." "All set?" "Yes, sir." "You know what to do. Move out!" Astro and Major Connel were crouched behind a pile of fuel dru...

"Fire at will! Fire at will!" Aboard the command ship, Captain Strong roared the order to the rest of the fleet, and the individual ship commanders of the Solar Guard vessels brok...

"Ready?" asked Connel. "All set, sir," replied Tom. "Remember, we'll open up in exactly five minutes and we'll continue to attack for another seven minutes. That's all the time y...

"What's that noise, Tom?" The two cadets were walking through the tunnel when they heard the strange booming roar. Behind them, Sinclair overheard Roger's whispered question and l...