
On the frozen, hydrogen‑snow‑covered plains of Triton, Neptune’s distant moon, a lone, scarred pirate named Wolf Larsen claws at a monolithic temple of black diamond. The ancient structure, sealed by a single six‑foot door, looms beneath the ever‑brightening Neptunian sky, its walls glittering with ruby‑red gravel and sapphire stones. Larsen, encased in a vacuum‑sealed suit, has spent days chipping, blasting, and prying at the impenetrable door, his breath forming frost in the thin air.
Behind him, the relentless Space Patrol closes in, determined to capture the outlaw before he reaches the hidden prize. Larsen’s life of interplanetary theft has taken him from meteoric diamonds on Mars to emeralds on Titan, but the treasure within the temple – the fabled Eye of Triton – promises a wealth beyond imagination. As the first light of Triton’s dawn approaches, his desperate gamble teeters between triumph and a frozen death.
Language
en
Duration
~16 minutes (15K 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
2020-04-19
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Best known from the pulp era of science fiction, this elusive writer is associated with fast-moving space adventure and a flair for old-school planetary storytelling. Very little biographical detail survives online, which gives the work an extra air of mystery.
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