George A. Whittington 18 min read

Commander McPartland stares into his viewscreen as the enemy dot grows, the alien ship that has destroyed patrols, then a full battle fleet, and speaks only in destruction.

George A. Whittington's 1944 story is a fast military space opera of humanity's stand against an implacable invader. Colorful, action-packed golden-age pulp. Read it for a rousing tale of fleet warfare and a lone commander facing an enemy that will not parley.

In its time

Published in 1944, during the 1940s, the golden age begins.

Reading it

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