A Thunder of Stars

Venturer Twelve #1

by Dan Morgan, John Kippax

In the dark of space lies a new dimension of fear...

The stars are no longer neutral and Mankind becomes aware that the skies are shared with an alien race.

United Earth and its colonies are protected by thinly spread starships or the space corps manned by such very qualified men and women as Tom Bruce of Venturer Twelve and Helen Lindstrom, his second-in-command.

In Space they had to play God.
And the worlds hated them for it.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction

200 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1968

About the author

Dan Morgan (1925–2011) was an English science fiction writer and a professional guitarist, mainly active as a writer from the early 1950s through the mid-1970s. In addition to his fiction, he wrote two manuals relating to his musical profession.

Morgan is best known for his Sixth Perception novels, featuring a group of characters possessed of psychic powers; the three Venturer Twelve space operas, co-authored with his colleague John Kippax (a fourth was written by Kippax alone); and the somewhat tongue-in-cheek novel The Richest Corpse in Show Business.

Reviews

[A. · Rating 1 out of 5]

Well, that was bad. It was really the doggerel verse at the beginning of every chapter that was truly vomit-inducing, though. Well, that and the bad sex scenes. And the bad courtroom scenes. And the patriotism. And the....

[Scott Nieradka · Rating 1 out of 5]

Patrotic craptastic milatary pulp sci-fi, with bad quotes at the begining of each chapter. feels like you are in 1952, but it reeks of the seventies. poor.

[Colleen Mertens · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book follows what happens to people in the Space Corps after making a decision that needed to be made. It follows the relationship of Commander Bruce and Lt. Commander Lindstrom in the time before, during and after the decision. It has action and suspense that moves the story along a quick but predictable path.

[Josh Mosley · Rating 3 out of 5]

I went in blind. Didn’t expect a military propaganda trial, but here we are. I was okay with it up until the incredibly sexist third act. Woof. But I had fun with the rest of it.

[Brett]

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