James R. Adams 18 min read

Others tried and failed, but Ron Farr means to succeed, to conquer the guardian jungle of Saturn's moon Phoebe and seize the elixir of eternal life that a dozen men have died pursuing.

James R. Adams's 1947 story is a colorful space-opera adventure of a deadly quest for immortality. Vivid, driven golden-age pulp. Read it for a rousing tale of a fearless treasure-hunter braving the ancient traps of a ringed world's moon in search of eternal life.

In its time

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

Reading it

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

Illustrated by

H. W. Kiemle