Suicide Command

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Suicide Command

by Stanley Mullen

EN·~36 minutes·2 chapters

Chapters

2 total
1

Part 1

31:39
2

Part 2

4:56

Description

A routine patrol turns into a desperate race when a luxury spaceliner collapses in the void between Jupiter and Saturn. The crew of the cruiser Scorpio receives a frantic distress call: half the ship’s power has failed, deadly radiation is spilling, and only a handful of lifeboats remain. Young navigation officer Blaze Norman must quickly plot a course through treacherous space while his seasoned colleague Harald pushes the cruiser’s aging engines to their limits, testing both the ship and the rookie’s nerves.

As the Scorpio barrels toward the burning wreck, the crew braces for the brutal acceleration and the unknown hazards that await. With limited time and scant information about any hidden threats, the mission becomes a test of skill, courage, and trust in a crew that has never faced such a calamity together. Listeners will be drawn into the tension of a high‑stakes rescue set against the stark beauty of deep space.

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Language

en

Duration

~36 minutes (35K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2021-03-07

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Stanley Mullen

Stanley Mullen

1911–1974

A mid-century science fiction and fantasy writer with an artist’s eye, he filled pulp magazines with energetic space opera and strange adventures. His work also stretched into editing and small-press publishing, giving him a hand in several sides of the genre.

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