First published 1952
When Roy Malcolm wins a contest, his prize is a trip to the Inner Space Station, a strange artificial outpost orbiting Earth. But his sightseeing jaunt soon becomes a high-stakes thriller. A suspicious spaceship docks nearby, sparking fears of interplanetary crime. Roy is swept up in a race-for-life mission that takes him on a perilous journey around the Moon. Told by a true expert, this novel is both thrilling entertainment and an accurate, lucid vision of humanity's conquest of space.
Genres: space, adventure, thriller
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, race-for-life
Setting: Inner Space Station, Moon
Period: 20th-century
190 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Roc