Albert dePina 1 hr 19 min read

Proud International agent Mark Lynn strides into the Martian Council Hall, refusing the humility the arrogant Proctors demand, a bold move in a galaxy sliding toward war.

Albert dePina's 1943 story is a rousing, ornate military space opera. Vivid, driven golden-age pulp. Read it for a colorful Planet Stories yarn of interplanetary intrigue and derring-do, where a fearless agent moves among scheming Martians and Planetarians to avert catastrophe, in richly styled wartime pulp SF.

In its time

Published in 1943, during the 1940s, the golden age begins.

Reading it

1 hr 19 min read (a novella, a full arc in one sitting or two).