Bryce Walton 1 hr read

Three tough, cynical fighting-men of Earth rise from a tomb of forgetfulness to find themselves space-wrecked on Mars, mankind's last hope against the evil, immortal Oligarchs. Or is it all a dream?

Bryce Walton's 1951 story is a vivid, disorienting post-apocalyptic space opera of illusion and reality. Colorful, feverish golden-age pulp. Read it for a rousing planetary adventure where the line between nightmare and truth is never quite certain.

In its time

Published in 1951, during the 1950s, post-war optimism meets cold war anxiety.

Reading it

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

Illustrated by

Herman B. Vestal