Project Gutenberg 2009-06-04 Public domain in the USA. 65 Starzl, Roman Frederick 1899 1976 Starzl, R. F. (Roman Frederick) In the Orbit of Saturn Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "In the Orbit of Saturn" by Roman Frederick Starzl is a science fiction novella written in the early 20th century, specifically during the interwar period of the 1930s. The book centers around the themes of piracy in outer space, featuring an undercover officer of the Interplanetary Flying Police (I.F.P.), Quirl Finner, who infiltrates a pirate ship to uncover the secrets of the notorious "Solar Scourge." This work explores the adventures, dangers, and moral dilemmas faced by its characters in a vividly imagined universe. The narrative follows Quirl Finner as he disguises himself as a wealthy passenger aboard the spaceship "Celestia", which is overtaken by space pirates. After being captured, he witnesses the brutal treatment of fellow prisoners, including the tragic death of a young woman’s brother. As tensions rise within the pirate crew and a mutiny brews, Quirl must navigate not only the physical dangers of the ship but also the ethical implications of his mission as he encounters the pirate captain, Strom, who has a complex past and aspirations for a new society. Ultimately, intense battles unfold, alliances are tested, and Quirl fights against the pirate crew to rescue the prisoners and reveal a deeper narrative about honor, sacrifice, and the price of loyalty. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Astounding Stories Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 83693 83703 2024-09-12T11:51:17.320950 2023-09-13T04:22:37.962105 text/html text/html 80581 2009-06-04T08:19:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 81989 2009-06-04T08:20:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 139529 2024-09-12T11:51:20.873872 application/epub+zip 138584 2024-09-12T11:51:18.619942 application/epub+zip 84264 2024-09-12T11:51:17.822887 application/epub+zip 218899 2024-09-12T11:51:22.661935 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 211717 2024-09-12T11:51:20.350902 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 157777 2022-09-13T12:46:53.819611 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 76081 75978 2024-09-12T11:51:17.060923 2023-09-13T04:22:37.737097 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 75913 2009-06-04T08:19:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 30253 2009-06-04T08:20:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18305 2024-09-12T11:51:24.036885 application/rdf+xml 11842 2024-09-12T11:51:18.166944 image/jpeg 3145 2024-09-12T11:51:17.995910 image/jpeg 138002 2024-09-12T11:51:17.333911 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