The Revolt on Venus

The Revolt on Venus, by Carey
Rockwell

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Title: The Revolt on Venus
Author: Carey Rockwell
Illustrator: Louis Glanzman
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THE REVOLT ON VENUS

THE TOM CORBETT SPACE CADET STORIES
By Carey Rockwell
STAND BY FOR MARS! DANGER IN DEEP SPACE ON THE
TRAIL OF THE SPACE PIRATES THE SPACE PIONEERS THE
REVOLT ON VENUS
[Illustration: Frontispiece]
A TOM CORBETT Space Cadet Adventure
THE REVOLT ON VENUS
By CAREY ROCKWELL
WILLY LEY Technical Adviser
GROSSET & DUNLAP Publishers New York
COPYRIGHT, 1954, BY ROCKHILL RADIO
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ILLUSTRATIONS BY LOUIS
GLANZMAN
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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ILLUSTRATIONS
Frontispiece
"She tried to get farther into the cave" 54

They were completely surrounded by the jungle 57
Astro kept his blaster aimed at the monsters 107
His eyes probed the jungle for further movement 115
"Mr. Sinclair!" cried Tom, suddenly relieved 161
The Solar Guard troops landed on the rim of the canyon 189
Sinclair wasn't able to get clear in time 210

THE REVOLT ON VENUS
CHAPTER 1
"Emergency air lock open!"
The tall, broad-shouldered officer, wearing the magnificent
black-and-gold uniform of the Solar Guard, spoke into a small
microphone and waited for an acknowledgment. It came almost
immediately.
"Cadet Corbett ready for testing," a voice crackled thinly over the
loud-speaker.
"Very well. Proceed."
Seated in front of the scanner screen on the control deck of the rocket
cruiser Polaris, Captain Steve Strong replaced the microphone in its
slot and watched a bulky figure in a space suit step out of the air lock
and drift away from the side of the ship. Behind him, five boys, all
dressed in the vivid blue uniforms of the Space Cadet Corps, strained
forward to watch the lone figure adjust the nozzles of the jet unit on the
back of his space suit.
"Come on, Tom!" said the biggest of the five boys, his voice a low,

powerful rumble as he rooted for his unit mate.
"If Tom makes this one," crowed the cadet next to him, a slender boy
with a thick shock of close-cropped blond hair, "the Polaris unit is
home free!"
"This is the last test, Manning," replied one of the remaining three
cadets, the insigne of the Arcturus unit on the sleeve of his uniform. "If
Corbett makes this one, you fellows deserve to win."
Aboard the rocket cruiser Polaris, blasting through the black void of
space two hundred miles above Earth, six Space Cadets and a Solar
Guard officer were conducting the final test for unit honors for the term.
All other Academy units had been eliminated in open competition.
Now, the results of the individual space orientation test would decide
whether the three cadets of the Arcturus unit or the three cadets of the
Polaris unit would win final top unit honors.
Roger Manning and Astro kept their eyes glued to the telescanner
screen, watching their unit mate, Tom Corbett, drift slowly through
space toward his starting position. The young cadet's task was basically
simple; with his space helmet blacked out so that he could not see in
any direction, he was to make his way back to the ship from a point a
mile away, guided only by the audio orders from the examining officer
aboard the ship. His score was measured by the time elapsed, and the
amount of corrections and orders given by the examining officer. It was
an exercise designed to test a cadet's steadiness under emergency
conditions of space.
The three members of the Arcturus unit had completed their runs and
had returned to the ship in excellent time. Roger and Astro had also
taken their tests and now it depended on Tom. If he could return to the
Polaris in less than ten minutes, with no more than three corrections,
the Polaris unit would be victorious.
Seated directly in front of the scanner, Captain Steve Strong, the
examining officer, watched the space-suited figure dwindle to a mere
speck on the screen. As the regular skipper of the Polaris crew, he

could not