Carey Rockwell 3 hr 54 min read

Tom Corbett and his fellow Space Cadets of the Solar Guard are plunged into danger among the jungles of Venus, where a sinister plot threatens the peace of the solar system.

Carey Rockwell's 1954 novel is a brisk Tom Corbett Space Cadet adventure. Fast, wholesome, thrilling period SF. Read it for a rousing entry in the beloved juvenile series, Tom, Roger, and Astro braving Venusian jungles and villainy, in a cornerstone of golden-age juvenile space opera.

In its time

Published in 1954, during the 1950s, post-war optimism meets cold war anxiety.

Reading it

3 hr 54 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).

Illustrated by

Louis Glanzman