Children of the Lens

The universe is dying, and only the children of the greatest hero in the galaxy can save it. Kimball Kinnison, legendary Lensman of the Galactic Patrol, bred his own offspring for greatness, and now that cold, ancient evil stirs in the icy void beyond Ploor, those children are the only weapon left. Christopher Kinnison and his sisters possess powers their father barely understands, and the fate of all civilization rests on whether they can master them in time. This is space opera at its most unapologetically grand: a universe-spanning adventure where the stakes are literally everything, where heroes are born not made, and where the battle between civilization and chaos reaches its apocalyptic conclusion. Published in 1948, this is the book that gave Star Trek its Lens, its Patrol, and its vision of noble warriors protecting the cosmos. It moves fast, thinks big, and never apologizes for being exactly what it is.