Destination Mars
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Destination Mars is a juvenile science fiction novel, the sixth in Hugh Walters' Chris Godfrey of U.N.E.X.A. series. It was published in the UK by Faber in 1963 and in the US by Criterion Books in 1964.
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The first man to pass close to Mars is driven insane by strange 'voices' he hears on his radio. U.N.E.X.A. (United Nations Exploration Agency) send their crack team (Chris Godfrey, Serge Smyslov, Morrey Kant and Tony Hale) to investigate. After landing on the planet's surface they find traces of an ancient civilisation, but then a disembodied Martian appears and demands its people be transported to Earth, where they will enslave the human race. One-by-one the crew are taken over...
This novel introduces the concept of the Ion drive, allowing continuous acceleration of one-fifth g.
| Preceded by Expedition Venus |
Destination Mars 1963 |
Succeeded by Terror by Satellite |
