Charles V. De Vet 34 min read

One hundred and seven days out of Gascol 11, a tracer beam sharpens to a ping, the three-year chase for the system's most wanted criminal is nearly over.

Charles V. De Vet's 1953 story rides with the relentless Sammy Tang across and down the arm of the galaxy, closing at last on the elusive Lutscher. Taut, atmospheric space opera about the long hunt and its final reckoning. Read it for a well-paced golden-age tale of interstellar pursuit reaching its end.

In its time

Published in 1953, during the 1950s, post-war optimism meets cold war anxiety.

Reading it

34 min read (a novelette, room for a turn or two).

Illustrated by

Ed Emshwiller