“Thank you, Mr. Gebbeth. We’re making good time.” Those who had seen Lurton Zimbardo in his last hours aboard the runaway asteroid would have been surprised to learn that he could be a patient man. As he had done almost obsessively since he had fled the asteroid, he sorted through his thoughts.
“Hundreds of us reduced to dozens, and then dozens reduced to this handful of six. The Superiors promised me power once I had obtained for them the access codes to Earth’s primary systems. Access codes! That’s all they wanted, and Earth was to be mine for payment! I did my best! But now I will appeal to them directly and they will push these Starmen aside without mercy!”
In the next book of the chronicles of the Starmen, JOURNEY TO THE TENTH PLANET, the threat to Earth will take new form. In the dark reaches beyond the orbit of Pluto, in the near-absolute zero of space, the Starmen will finally encounter the overwhelming power of the true enemies of Earth.
The End
Certain words used by George St. George are part of the backwoods culture of Davy Crockett, and come from the nineteenth century.
| absquatulate | depart, run away |
| exflunct | exhaust, beat thoroughly |
| obflisticated | bewildered, confused |
| ramsquaddle | demolish |
| ripstavera | first-rate person or thing |
| slantindicular | in a slanting direction |
Future volumes in the Starman series will
- Bring Earthmen face-to-face with Zimbardo’s Superiors
- Relate how the pirates are brought to their last stand
- Introduce the spine-tingling new villain, Banjoman
- Describe flilox, the new threat to Mars
- Reveal the thrilling secret of the pirates’ asteroid
Here’s just a sample of action from the next Starman book, JOURNEY TO THE TENTH PLANET: