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THE SPACE PIONEERS
By CAREY ROCKWELL
No.4 in the TOM CORBETT Space Cadet Adventure series

The Tom Corbett series:
STAND BY FOR MARS!, 1952
DANGER IN DEEP SPACE, 1953
ON THE TRAIL OF THE SPACE PIRATES, 1953
THE SPACE PIONEERS, 1953
THE REVOLT ON VENUS, 1954
TREACHERY IN OUTER SPACE, 1955
SABOTAGE IN SPACE, 1956
THE ROBOT ROCKET, 1956

When Tom Corbett and his Polaris unit mates, Roger and Astro, were assigned to the
great expedition of one thousand space ships carrying pioneer colonists billions of miles to
the satellite Roald, they did not dream that they were facing the most thrilling adventures of
their careers.
Leadership of the expedition fell into the ruthless hands of one Paul Vidac who, learning
that there was uranium on the satellite whither they were bound, decided to take over the
new colony for himself. At every step of his evil design he found himself dealing with the
three cadets who came to the aid of the pioneers.
When the long journey was over and it was time to make a landing on the distant Star
satellite, a mysterious and powerful force (the presence of the uranium) so affected the
instruments that almost half of the great fleet of space ships crashed into each other or onto
the landing field. Thanks to Tom's coolness and quick thinking, the Polaris made a safe
landing. Once landed on Roald the adventures came thick and fast, and the evil designs of
the cold-blooded Vidac and his greedy henchmen were frustrated by the three cadets and
their old commander, Captain Strong.



WILLY LEY Technical Adviser
GROSSET & DUNLAP Publishers New York
COPYRIGHT 1953 BY ROCKHILL RADIO
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


THE SPACE PIONEERS



ILLUSTRATIONS
Frontispiece
Her nose pointed skyward, the Polaris was ready to blast off
The Solar Guard worked late into the night, examining every ship in the Alliance
The speedy little ship shot ahead of the fleet toward the gigantic mass of asteroids
The Polaris landed safely on the surface of the satellite
Bush pulled a paralo-ray gun from his belt and said, "All right, march!"
"Hasn't anybody figured out why four hundred ships crashed in landing?" Strong asked.