William Oberfield 11 min read

Exiled to frozen, unexplored Pluto as an example to any who would try to rule the solar system, Marcius Kemble stands on the ice and curses Earth into his helmet until his ears ring.

William Oberfield's 1947 story opens on a defiant political exile at the edge of the system, launching a space-opera tale of vengeance and escape. Colorful, driven golden-age pulp. Read it for a rousing story of a would-be tyrant marooned on the coldest world, plotting his way back.

In its time

Published in 1947, during the 1940s, the golden age begins.

Reading it

11 min read (a short story, a single idea, delivered and gone).