E. E. Smith ~6 hr read

With crime threatening Civilization itself, the Galactic Patrol raises its finest, the Lensmen. And Kimball Kinnison must now go deeper undercover than any before him.

E.E. Smith's 1941 novel is the fifth Lensman book, a grand-scale military space opera and a cornerstone of the genre. Vast, thrilling, gloriously over-the-top. Read it for classic Doc Smith, galaxy-spanning war, super-science, and the ultimate space cop against a hidden enemy.

In its time

Published in 1941, during the 1940s, the golden age begins.

Reading it

~6 hr read (a novel-length work, settle in).

Illustrated by

Hubert Rogers