Project Gutenberg 2022-06-16 Public domain in the USA. 88 Smith, George O. (George Oliver) 1911 1981 Smith, George Oliver Long, Wesley Orban, Paul 1896 1974 Nomad $aUnited States :$bStreet & Smith Publications, Incorporated,$c1944,copyright 1945. Reading ease score: 75.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Wikipedia page on this work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomad_(novel) Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Nomad" by Wesley Long is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. It explores themes of space exploration, interplanetary conflicts, and the psychological intricacies of survival against the backdrop of a technologically advanced universe. The story primarily follows Guy Maynard, an aide in the Terran Space Patrol, who finds himself embroiled in a perilous situation involving Martians who seek secret information regarding a spaceship called the "Orionad". At the start of the narrative, Guy Maynard leaves the Bureau of Exploration Building at Sahara Base only to be immediately confronted by a Martian holding a weapon. Seized by Martians, he is taken aboard their ship, where they demand information about the clandestine mission of the "Orionad". Despite their threats, Maynard adheres to a code of silence, leading to a torturous predicament that tests his resolve. As he struggles with his predicament, the narrative shifts focus to Ben Williamson, who sets out on a rescue mission, ultimately revealing the lengths the Terran Space Patrol will go to save him. The opening portion lays a foundation for a story filled with tension, moral dilemmas, and the complexities of interspecies interactions in a vast and often hostile universe. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20220305080746long 1944 US en Science fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 518524 518556 2024-11-28T07:25:51.040334 2023-09-29T08:12:46.950640 text/html text/html 526065 2022-06-16T06:54:57 text/html 2088765 2024-11-28T07:25:58.116291 application/epub+zip 2095463 2024-11-28T07:25:52.140309 application/epub+zip 259546 2024-11-28T07:25:51.482306 application/epub+zip 2167109 2024-11-28T07:26:02.403249 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2151425 2024-11-28T07:25:57.444311 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 395080 2022-09-30T18:41:23.787713 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 497592 497577 2024-11-28T07:25:49.303348 2023-09-29T08:12:45.236611 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 497213 2022-06-16T06:54:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18136 2024-11-28T07:26:02.540237 application/rdf+xml 29950 2024-11-28T07:25:51.639315 image/jpeg 4814 2024-11-28T07:25:51.562284 image/jpeg 2014113 2024-11-28T07:25:51.137304 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