Tarrano the Conqueror

The year is 2430. Humanity has spread across the solar system, trading with ancient Mars and colonizing the outer worlds. But something is coming from the darkness between stars - a tenth planet called Wandl, hurtling toward Earth with minds and monsters at its command. And in the chaos of its approach, a power-hungry figure named Tarrano sees his chance to seize control of all human civilization. Jac Hallen witnesses the assassination of the President of the Anglo-Saxon Republic, the first in a string of murders that will plunge the solar system into war. As a news-gatherer, he must chase the truth through a web of espionage while racing to warn his friend Dr. Brende of a scientific secret that could determine humanity's fate. Brende's daughter Elza becomes tangled in Tarrano's dangerous schemes, and Jac must rescue her while navigating love, adventure, and impossible odds to save not just Earth but every world in the solar system. This is Saturday morning serials meets H.G. Wells - grand adventure, scientific wonder, and a hero who has to be smarter than his enemies. For readers who want to remember what it felt like to read science fiction when it was still new and full of impossible possibilities.