Paul L. Payne 1 hr 11 min read

On a blood-red preserve where a monstrous alien kills a hundred times a day, the galaxy's greatest big-game hunter takes up the challenge.

Paul L. Payne's 1952 Planet Stories tale pits the celebrated hunter Pritchard against 'The One' on the perilous world of Thisbe II, under the magenta light of a giant star. Lush, savage planetary pulp about the ultimate quarry. Read it for vivid, atmospheric golden-age adventure and a hunt with the highest possible stakes.

In its time

Published in 1952, during the 1950s, post-war optimism meets cold war anxiety.

Reading it

1 hr 11 min read (a novelette, room for a turn or two).