Project Gutenberg 2007-07-30 Public domain in the USA. 69 Ernst, Paul 1899 1985 Ernst, Paul Frederick The Radiant Shell Produced from "Astounding Stories" January 1932. Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Radiant Shell" by Paul Ernst is a science fiction novella that was published in January 1932. The story revolves around the theft of a powerful weapon's plans that could threaten the security of the United States. The narrative follows Thorn Winter, a scientist who develops a method of invisibility, which he intends to employ for a dangerous mission to retrieve the stolen plans before they fall into the wrong hands. In this gripping tale, the Secretary of War learns that Arvania, a seemingly insignificant nation, has acquired the Ziegler plans for a devastating heat ray. Fearing imminent war, he enlists the help of Thorn Winter, who uses his revolutionary invisibility technique to infiltrate the Arvanian Embassy. As Winter maneuvers through the embassy, he faces mounting dangers, including armed guards and the alertness of a dog. The tension escalates, leading to a chaotic confrontation as Winter fights to escape, clutching the vital plans amidst the chaos. Ultimately, his cleverness allows him to return the plans, thwarting Arvania's sinister intentions while leaving readers on the edge of their seats. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Astounding Stories Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 71021 71022 2024-10-09T14:12:23.249411 2023-09-10T05:52:10.170117 text/html text/html 68057 2007-07-30T07:26:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 55082 2007-07-30T07:26:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 117605 2024-10-09T14:12:27.700902 application/epub+zip 116443 2024-10-09T14:12:25.194408 application/epub+zip 86824 2024-10-09T14:12:23.973405 application/epub+zip 207582 2024-10-09T14:12:29.458888 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 200835 2024-10-09T14:12:26.957933 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 149119 2022-09-10T11:45:08.517865 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 63102 63007 2024-10-09T14:12:22.905406 2023-09-10T05:52:09.939137 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 63006 2007-07-30T07:26:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 24634 2007-07-30T07:26:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20349 2024-10-09T14:12:29.586874 application/rdf+xml 12242 2024-10-09T14:12:24.519396 image/jpeg 3323 2024-10-09T14:12:24.243399 image/jpeg 115857 2024-10-09T14:12:23.259433 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia