The Hell Planet
The Hell Planet by E. C. Tubb, published by Wildside Press on November 18, 2021, is a science fiction narrative set on Mercury, a world characterized by extreme conditions and unique challenges. This edition spans 132 pages and is presented in English. The story unfolds in the Twilight Belt, where the remnants of humanity navigate the harsh realities of an airless planet, balancing the promise of cheap power against the dangers posed by its environment.
Readers will follow Commander Lee Correy as he embarks on a perilous journey through Mercury’s frozen wastes, driven by the urgent need to rescue his brother and secure a vital component for beam control. The narrative explores themes of survival amidst alien distortions and the mysteries of the planet, including encounters with sand devils and a malfunctioning machine. With a blend of action and scientifically accurate detail, this book delves into the future of space colonization and the myriad challenges that await humanity.
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Between the frozen wastes of the night side and the searing inferno of the dayside, the Twilight Belt held all that was Human on the tiny world of Mercury, Hell Planet of the Solar System. A strange world, airless, subject to the alien distortions of Einsteinian mathematics, Mercury was both a promise and a challenge, for here could be found torrents of cheap power essential to the ships and men in space.
Lee Correy, Commander of the Station, plunges into the frigid wastes in a desperate race against time to find and rescue both his brother and the essential component of the beam control. Fighting impossible conditions and incredible alien life, he is up against the enigmatic mystery of the sand devils, a dead man who walked, and a machine that could not fail-but did.
Here is a story of the future, of the planets and the men who will colonise them, of the way they will live and the problems they will face. With mystery, adventure, exciting action and scientifically correct detail. A story of what might well be in the days to come.
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