Space War #11

A spaceship pilot named Zee Grand wakes up with complete amnesia, unsure of his own identity or past—but when he learns he's been chosen to command humanity's first crewed mission to Mars, a spark of purpose ignites within him. As Zee pilots the historic journey alongside his crew, a catastrophic meteorite strike forces an impossible choice that will define him as a hero, though at a devastating personal cost. This 1961 tale explores whether a person's true character is forged by memory or by the choices they make when it matters most.

Spaceman Ross Tuckerman scouts a promising new world for the crippled Terra IX, a deep-space expedition stranded far beyond known galaxies with dwindling fuel and supplies. When his landing triggers a violent confrontation with the planet's inhabitants, Tuckerman finds an unexpected ally who speaks his language and offers the crew a lifeline. What unfolds is a tense negotiation between two civilizations that may have more in common than anyone realized.

Four astronauts selected for humanity's first crewed moon mission face an unexpected crisis when a mysterious force strikes their ship near the lunar surface—and their seemingly useless nuclear engineer suddenly becomes indispensable. As the crew scrambles to understand Carter's sudden authority and the Moon reveals itself to be far from the dead world they expected, "Dead Weight" unfolds a tense race against time to prevent catastrophe on an ancient, awakening world.

A massive alien spacecraft blazes across Earth's skies, scorching cities in its path, and Space Marshal Larkin mobilizes humanity's defense forces to stop it—only to discover that conventional weapons are useless against the invaders' heat-resistant hull. When the aliens return with an entire armada headed for the deserts near Tucson, Earth's scientists deploy a experimental cold-ray weapon of last resort. What unfolds is a desperate battle against an enemy whose true intentions may be far different from what humanity assumes.