Transcriber's Note: Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed. FIRST LENSMANE. E. "DOC" SMITH PYRAMID BOOKS · NEW YORK To E. Everett Evans FIRST LENSMAN A PYRAMID BOOK Fantasy Press edition published 1950 Copyright 1950 by Edward E. Smith, Ph.D. All Rights Reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted without written permission of the publishers. Printed in the United States of America PYRAMID BOOKS are published by Pyramid Publications, Inc. ATTACK FROM SPACE The enemy spacefleet arrowed toward the armored mountain—nerve center of the Galactic Patrol. The Patrol battle cruisers swerved to meet them, and a miles-long cone of pure energy ravened out at the invaders, destroying whatever it touched. But the moment before the force beam struck, thousands of tiny objects dropped from the enemy fleet and, faster than light, flashed straight at their target—each one an atom bomb powerful enough to destroy Patrol Headquarters by itself! The Galactic Patrol—and civilization itself—had seconds to live. Unless a miracle happened.... A LENSMAN ADVENTURE Second in the Great Series |