MARSIS MYDESTINATION
a science-fiction adventure by
FRANK BELKNAP LONG
PYRAMID BOOKS
NEW YORK
MARS IS MY DESTINATION
A Pyramid Book
First printing, June 1962
This book is fiction. No resemblance is intended between any
character herein and any person, living or dead; any such
resemblance is purely coincidental.
Copyright 1962, by Pyramid Publications, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
Printed in the United States of America
Pyramid Books are published by Pyramid Publications, Inc.
444 Madison Avenue, New York 22, New York, U.S.A.
[Transcriber's Note: Extensive research did not uncover any
evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]
MARS
... Earth's first colony in Space. Men killed for the coveted ticketthat allowed them to go there. And, once there, the killing went on....
MARS
... Ralph Graham's goal since boyhood—and he was Mars-bound withauthority that put the whole planet in his pocket—if he could livelong enough to assert it!
MARS
... source of incalculable wealth for humanity—and deadly danger forthose who tried to get it!
MARS
... in Earth's night sky, a symbol of the god of war—in this tensenovel of the future, a vivid setting for stirring action!
CONTENTS
1
I'd known for ten minutes that something terrible was going to happen.It was in the cards, building to a zero-count climax.
The spaceport bar was filled with a fresh, washed-clean smell, a