Carey Rockwell 3 hr 33 min read

A Tom Corbett Space Cadet adventure: Tom, Roger, and Astro of the Solar Guard face treachery and sabotage among the spaceways in this classic 1950s juvenile serial.

Carey Rockwell's 1955 novel, with Willy Ley as technical adviser, is a brisk, wholesome cadet space opera from the beloved Tom Corbett series. Fast, clean, thrilling period SF. Read it for a rousing space-academy adventure of cadets uncovering sabotage, a staple of golden-age juvenile science fiction.

In its time

Published in 1955, during the 1950s, post-war optimism meets cold war anxiety.

Reading it

3 hr 33 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).

Illustrated by

Louis Glanzman