Project Gutenberg 2014-12-07 Public domain in the USA. 66 Bell, William Dixon 1865 1951 The Moon Colony Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Moon Colony" by William Dixon Bell is a science fiction novel written in the late 1930s. The story follows Julian Epworth, who leads a convoy of planes transporting a significant gold shipment and confronts aerial pirates while uncovering a mysterious plot involving the moon. Alongside his friend Billy Sand, Epworth embarks on thrilling adventures that involve high-stakes air combat and unexpected discoveries about extraterrestrial activities. At the start of the narrative, the characters are introduced as they fly over the desert, protecting a valuable airship carrying a fortune in gold. Their mission is soon jeopardized as they encounter signals of distress from a fellow aircraft, leading to an intense aerial battle against a powerful pirate airship. This confrontation sets the stage for Julian and Billy to delve deeper into a world of secrecy and danger, including a hidden agenda related to the moon. The opening portion establishes not only the action-packed premise but also hints at the adventurous and perilous journey that awaits the characters as they grapple with threats both terrestrial and extraterrestrial. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Interplanetary voyages -- Juvenile fiction Space ships -- Juvenile fiction Moon -- Juvenile fiction Human-alien encounters -- Juvenile fiction Life on other planets -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 343711 343701 2024-09-20T03:50:44.463308 2023-09-20T13:56:03.595069 text/html text/html 341371 2020-06-28T22:02:33 text/html; charset=utf-8 233658 2020-06-28T22:02:33 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 279441 2024-09-20T03:50:49.368283 application/epub+zip 279033 2024-09-20T03:50:45.133362 application/epub+zip 244232 2024-09-20T03:50:44.796352 application/epub+zip 362638 2024-09-20T03:50:52.931284 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 337396 2024-09-20T03:50:49.076311 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 302961 2022-09-21T15:18:42.694329 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 324847 2024-09-20T03:50:43.568364 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 324792 2014-12-07T11:19:48 text/plain; charset=utf-8 118860 2014-12-07T11:20:16 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18815 2024-09-20T03:50:53.054294 application/rdf+xml 14576 2024-09-20T03:50:44.914367 image/jpeg 2315 2024-09-20T03:50:44.854350 image/jpeg 240347 2024-09-20T03:50:44.497307 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