Illustrated by E. Deane Cate
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Dust Jacket Blurb
"Foster, Lieutenant, R. I. P.," blaredthe voice horn, and five minutes laterRip Foster was off into space on anassignment more exciting than any hehad ever imagined. He could hardlybelieve his ears. Could a green youngPlaneteer, just through his training,possibly carry out orders like these?Sunny space, what a trick it would be!
From the moment Rip boards thespace ship Scorpius there is a thrill aminute. He and his nine daring Planeteersmust cope with the mercilesshazing of the spacemen commandingthe ship, and they must outwit thedesperate Connies, who threaten toplunge all of space into war. There area thousand dangers to be faced inhigh vacuum—and all of this whilecarrying out an assignment that willtake every reader's breath away.
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