Transcriber's Note: Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed. FIRST LENSMAN E. E. "DOC" SMITH PYRAMID BOOKS · NEW YORK To E. Everett Evans FIRST LENSMAN A PYRAMID BOOK Published by arrangement with the author Fantasy Press edition published 1950 Pyramid edition published December, 1964 Second printing July, 1966 Third printing April, 1967 Fourth printing September, 1967 Fifth printing May, 1968 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. 444 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022, U.S.A. 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 CONTENTS
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