Project Gutenberg 2008-05-27 Public domain in the USA. 109 Silverberg, Robert 1935 Knox, Calvin M. Martin, Webber Mitchell, Clyde Jarvis, E. K. Burke, Ralph The Hunted Heroes Produced from Amazing Stories September 1956. Reading ease score: 85.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Hunted Heroes" by Robert Silverberg is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. Set on the harsh landscape of Mars, the story revolves around earthlings who have volunteered to search for uranium in order to support the radioactive needs of a recovering Earth. The narrative explores themes of survival, heroism, and the psychological impacts of isolation and revenge in a lost world. The book follows the protagonist, Ron, and his wife Valerie as they navigate the treacherous Martian desert while searching for uranium. Their quest quickly turns into a nightmare when they are captured by Gregory Ledman, a bitter and vengeful figure who blames the Geig Corps for his own misfortunes, including his disability resulting from a past atomic explosion. Ledman's insatiable hatred fuels his mission to kill the Geig members. However, as Ron and Valerie fight for survival, they must confront Ledman and his delusions of revenge. The story culminates in a tense confrontation where themes of compassion and understanding emerge, ultimately leading to Ledman's potential redemption and Ron and Valerie's resolve to continue their critical mission for Earth. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction, American Short stories, American PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 55539 55544 2025-01-10T13:22:11.215885 2023-09-11T09:22:52.585636 text/html text/html 51913 2021-01-03T16:44:29 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 64598 2021-01-03T16:44:29 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 126863 2025-01-10T13:22:15.445885 application/epub+zip 125688 2025-01-10T13:22:13.032946 application/epub+zip 82787 2025-01-10T13:22:11.802882 application/epub+zip 267256 2025-01-10T13:22:17.181882 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 259410 2025-01-10T13:22:14.707873 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 135628 2022-09-12T05:13:12.457552 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 48787 48686 2025-01-10T13:22:10.927893 2023-09-11T09:22:52.388641 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 48669 2021-01-03T16:44:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19250 2021-01-03T16:44:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20363 2025-01-10T13:22:17.307840 application/rdf+xml 11973 2025-01-10T13:22:12.352864 image/jpeg 3116 2025-01-10T13:22:12.077864 image/jpeg 125828 2025-01-10T13:22:11.224886 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 More titles under Jorgensen, Ivar en.wikipedia