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Title: Treachery in Outer Space

Author: Carey Rockwell and Louis Glanzman

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Language: English

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TREACHERY IN OUTER SPACE

THE TOM CORBETT
SPACE CADET STORIES

By Carey Rockwell

STAND BY FOR MARS!
DANGER IN DEEP SPACE
ON THE TRAIL OF THE SPACE PIRATES
THE SPACE PIONEERS
THE REVOLT ON VENUS
TREACHERY IN OUTER SPACE
SABOTAGE IN SPACE
THE ROBOT ROCKET

[Illustration]

A TOM CORBETT Space Cadet Adventure

TREACHERY IN
OUTER SPACE

By CAREY ROCKWELL

WILLY LEY _Technical Adviser_

GROSSET & DUNLAP Publishers New York

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ILLUSTRATIONS BY LOUIS GLANZMAN

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ILLUSTRATIONS

_Frontispiece_

"Great galaxy! There must be a hundred ships!" 27

The giant Venusian held up the oil-smeared test tube 63

"Yeow!" bawled Astro. "Thanks, sir. Thanks a million!" 102

Tom got down on his knees and felt around for an opening 131

"Look!" Strong cried. "It's Brett's ship!" 151

It would be a rough ride, but at least he was hidden 165

Slowly and cautiously he began climbing 181

"Proceed to quadrant five and seize the _Space Knight_!" 196

TREACHERY IN OUTER SPACE

CHAPTER I

"All right, you blasted Earthworms! _Stand to!_"

Three frightened cadet candidates for Space Academy stiffened their
backs and stood at rigid attention as Astro faced them, a furious scowl
on his rugged features. Behind him, Tom Corbett and Roger Manning
lounged on the dormitory bunks, watching their unit mate blast the
freshman cadets and trying to keep from laughing. It wasn't long