SPACE STATION 1 by FRANK BELKNAP LONG ACE BOOKS A Division of A. A. Wyn, Inc. 23 West 47th Street, New York 36, N. Y. SPACE STATION 1 Copyright 1957, by A. A. Wyn, Inc. All Rights Reserved Printed in U. S. A. [Transcriber's Note: Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] INTRIGUE IN EARTH'S OUTER ORBIT Tremendous and glittering, the Space Station floated up out of the Big Dark. Lieutenant Corriston had come to see its marvels, but he soon found himself entrapped in its unsuspected terrors. For the grim reality was that some deadly outer-space power had usurped control of the great artificial moon. A lovely woman had disappeared; passengers were being fleeced and enslaved; and, using fantastic disguises, imposters were using the Station for their own mysterious ends. Pursued by unearthly monsters and hunted with super-scientific cunning, Corriston struggles to unmask the mystery. For upon his success depended his life, his love and the future of Earth itself. CAST OF CHARACTERS CORRISTON He saw all the sights of the Space Station ... in fact, he saw too much.... HAYES His decision would mean the beginning or the end for a world. CLAKEY This bodyguard needed special protection himself. CLEMENT