Henry Andrew Ackermann 17 min read

Not the thought of dying in moments, but the bitter realization that a sixteen-year-old suspicion has been confirmed too late, fills Don Moffat's mind as his uncle's bloodshot eyes burn.

Henry Andrew Ackermann's 1941 story is a vivid space-opera adventure of betrayal on a blasted desert world. Atmospheric, driven golden-age pulp. Read it for a tense tale where a young man's dream of reaching Propontis, and a greener world beyond, collides with a murderous family secret.

In its time

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

Reading it

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

Illustrated by

Angus Dun