A pulse-pounding tale of loyalty under fire in the cold void between worlds. Guy Maynard, aide to the Terran Space Patrol, walks out of the Bureau of Exploration into an ambush a Martian with a blaster. Captured and hauled across the solar system, he faces the ultimate test: reveal the secret mission of the spaceship Orionad or be broken by his captors. But Maynard knows that silence is his weapon, and the Martians are determined to make him scream. As interrogation becomes torture, the story pivots to Ben Williamson, who must mount a desperate rescue mission against impossible odds. What follows is a tension-wound exploration of what one man will endure to protect his comrades, and what those comrades will risk to save him. First published in 1950, Nomad captures the swagger and peril of early space opera at its finest, a story where the final frontier tests not just technology, but the human spirit.
