MARS IS MY DESTINATION a science-fiction adventure by FRANK BELKNAP LONG PYRAMID BOOKS NEW YORK MARS IS MY DESTINATION A Pyramid Book A Pyramid Book First printing, June 1962 This book is fiction. No resemblance is intended between any character herein and any person, living or dead; any such resemblance is purely coincidental. Copyright 1962, by Pyramid Publications, Inc. All Rights Reserved Printed in the United States of America Pyramid Books are published by Pyramid Publications, Inc. 444 Madison Avenue, New York 22, New York, U.S.A. Pyramid Books [Transcriber's Note: Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] MARS ... Earth's first colony in Space. Men killed for the coveted ticket that allowed them to go there. And, once there, the killing went on.... MARS ... Ralph Graham's goal since boyhood—and he was Mars-bound with authority that put the whole planet in his pocket—if he could live long enough to assert it! MARS ... source of incalculable wealth for humanity—and deadly danger for those who tried to get it! MARS