Blast off! ...for thrilling interplanetary adventures with courageous teen space explorer Tom Corbett and his pals, the brilliant but enigmatic Roger Manning &amp; the affable Venusian engineer Astro. * * * Here’s Carey Rockwell’s fabulous first foray into the future world of the Solar Alliance — fully illustrated by Louis Glanzman — featuring the origin story of Tom Corbett and the crew of the rocket ship Polaris, their early days at the Space Academy, and their death-defying encounter on Mars — an encounter that forged three young cadets into adults, lifelong friends, and a legendary team of spacemen. Includes the new introduction “A Brief History of the Future” by series editor Tom English.

Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: Stand By For Mars!

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Rockwell, Carey

Science Fiction

Rocket Science Books

The second Tom Corbett, Space Cadet adventure. ***** At Space Academy, cadet Tom Corbett and his pals Roger and Astro are at the top of their class. So whenever there’s an important — and possibly dangerous — mission to be handed out, the crew of the Polaris “sticks out like a hot rocket.” But this time the “Best Unit” in the Academy may be in over their heads. They’ve been placed under the command of Major “Blast-Off” Connel, a legendary spaceman who seems determined to cut the boys down to size. After their ship is refitted for hyperdrive, the crew of the Polaris heads into deep space for Alpha Centauri. Awaiting them are disciplinary demerits, planetary perils, a run-in with a pair of pirates, and enough trouble to last Roger Manning a lifetime! Fully illustrated by Louis Glanzman, and with a new introduction by series editor Tom English.

Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: Danger in Deep Space

Tom Corbett and the intrepid crew of the Polaris race against time to recover a stolen security key that’s being used to destroy all law and order within the Solar Alliance. Their mission will take the cadets undercover into the seediest planetary stopovers along the space lanes; then onward to the legendary prison asteroid known as The Rock. And finally, to a fateful encounter with a deadly band of thieves and cutthroats, where the most dangerous man alive awaits Captain Strong — to settle an old score with the Solar Guard’s finest. *****This is book #3 in the Tom Corbett Space Cadet series.

Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: On the Trail of the Space Pirates

Tom Corbett, Roger Manning, and the big Venusian Astro have triumphed over the perils of interplanetary pirates, rogue reactors, and hostile environments. But when the Polaris is assigned to lead a “wagon train” of ships to colonize a distant world, the cadets find themselves in a dangerous situation that could finally signal the end of the “best unit” in the Academy. After Captain Strong abruptly departs under strange circumstances, Tom and his pals get entangled in a secret plot involving a belligerent scientist, a suspicious politician, and a planetary anomaly that crashes spaceships. And now the clock is ticking: the cadets can either solve this mystery fast … or face some truly unpleasant consequences. (Book 4 in the Tom Corbet, Space Cadet series)

Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: The Space Pioneers

LEY, Willy

Fantasy

On term break from Space Academy, Tom Corbett and Roger Manning accompany their pal Astro to his native planet Venus for a well-deserved rest. There the cadets plan to hunt the biggest game in the star system, but their vacation is soon interrupted when the intrepid crew of the Polaris stumble across a secret plot to overthrow the Solar Alliance. Lost in the Venusian Jungle, unable to contact the Solar Guard, separated from their ship and each other, the hunters have now become the hunted: caught between the heavily armed forces of a would- be tyrant mad for power ... and the tyrannosaurus Astro wounded years earlier — thirty tons of terror mad for revenge. (Book 5 in the Tom Corbett series.)

Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: The Revolt on Venus

Tom Corbett wanted by the law? Roger Manning and the Venusian Astro sentenced to hard labor?The crew of the Polaris have never been closer to realizing the dream of becoming Solar Guardsmen -until an altercation with the Capella unit casts serious doubts on the future of the cadets. Once hailed as the pride of the Academy, Tom and his pals now find themselves in a downward spiral of embarrassing mistakes and misunderstandings that could spell the end of their careers. Little do they realize they've become pawns in a high-stakes game of deadly interstellar sabotage, a game in which the winner will definitely take all.

Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: Sabotage in Space

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