Sewell Peaslee Wright 52 min read

An old officer of the Special Patrol Service, teased for his 'disparaging' remarks about women, recounts a tale of a formidable priestess, and eats his words about the fairer sex.

Sewell Peaslee Wright's 1932 story is a colorful space opera in his popular Special Patrol Service series. Vivid, wry golden-age pulp. Read it for a rousing interplanetary adventure where a crusty spaceman's low opinion of women is put memorably, dangerously to the test.

In its time

Published in 1932, during the 1930s, space opera soars.

Reading it

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