
Solo Morgan, a lone prospector with a taste for danger, has trekked to the stark, low‑gravity heights of Titan in search of a rare, glowing mineral called Zolonite—more valuable than any earthly element. The moon’s alien landscape glitters under Saturn’s massive rings, and Morgan’s portable spectroscope has given him a tantalizing sign of a pure deposit hidden somewhere among the jagged peaks and strange blue‑gray flora.
Just as he begins to climb toward the promising ridge, an unexpected crack of old‑fashioned gunfire shatters the silence. A single bullet whistles past, striking his hat, and a figure in flowing blue drapes—an enigmatic Earth‑girl queen ruling a mysterious beast‑empire—emerges from the shadows. Their brief, tense standoff hints at hidden dangers and rival claims to the precious ore, setting the stage for a high‑stakes showdown on the solar system’s most haunting moon.
Language
en
Duration
~31 minutes (30K 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
2020-04-22
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1887–1957
A prolific early science fiction writer, he helped shape the fast-moving, idea-packed style of the pulp era. His stories ranged from cosmic adventures to strange scientific marvels, and many first appeared in the magazines that introduced generations of readers to science fiction.
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