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The Planet Strappers, by Raymond Zinke Gallun
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Title: The Planet Strappers
Author: Raymond Zinke Gallun
Release Date: April 13, 2008 [EBook #25067]
Language: English
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Out There--the world's first space colony--adventures and dangers beyond human ken!
The Planet Strappers
RAYMOND Z. GALLUN
*A Million Miles Beyond the Moon...*
... Nelson and Ramos sped on toward Mars in their tiny plastic-bubble spacecraft. They were on the alert--it didn't pay to take anything for granted in the Big Vacuum....
The way between the worlds was mostly empty space--except for the outlaws of the void who drifted, patiently and vengefully waiting for a victim, then struck!
Nelsen and Ramos tensed--blips on the radar screen! Maybe meteors... More blips--and fist-sized chunks of rock flicked through their fragile veh