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A daring stowaway named Mark Travers slips aboard a secretive spacecraft bound for the legendary “Planet X,” a world whispered about as a haven of freedom, adventure, and hidden riches. He’s quickly caught by the ship’s hulking security chief, Mal Driscoll, who forces him into the captain’s presence. There, Mark must convince the formidable commander Janus—a red‑haired, bearded figure with a reputation for ruthless pragmatism—that his mysterious black‑boxed device is more than a simple camera.
The tension rises as Janus and his crew interrogate Mark, probing the true purpose of his invention and the motives that drove him to flee a powerful corporate conspiracy. With the ship’s engines roaring and the void of space pressing in, Mark’s quick wit and the secret technology he carries become his only bargaining chips. Listeners are drawn into a high‑stakes cat‑and‑mouse game that teeters between daring espionage and the promise of an uncharted world beyond the known stars.
Language
en
Duration
~1 hours (71K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2020-11-09
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1913–1977
A lively figure from the early science fiction scene, this writer is best remembered for collaborating with Ray Bradbury on Bradbury’s first professionally published story. His own work ranged from pulp-era adventures to later novels, with a knack for big ideas and classic magazine-style imagination.
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