Project Gutenberg 2020-06-08 Public domain in the USA. 112 Hasse, Henry 1913 1977 Hasse, Henry Louis Doolin, Joseph 1896 1967 Doolin, Joseph Patrick Revenge of the Vera Produced from Planet Stories Fall 1943 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Revenge of the Vera" by Henry Hasse is a science fiction novel originally published in the early 1940s. The story is set in a futuristic space environment where piracy threatens interplanetary trade, and it revolves around themes of vengeance and sacrifice. The narrative follows the protagonist's quest for retribution against a notorious space pirate responsible for the death of his beloved. In the plot, the main character, Bob Kennett, is motivated by a tragic past involving the loss of his fiancée, Vera, who perished during a pirate attack on a passenger liner. Driven by anger and determination, he orchestrates a plan to lure the pirate, known as Prather, into a trap using the old freighter Vera as bait. With the assistance of a newsman named George Marnay, Kennett manipulates the situation to confront Prather. The conflict culminates in a thrilling culmination where Kennett's innovative strategy, involving a segmented version of the freighter that delivers devastating attacks, ultimately leads to the destruction of Prather’s ship, allowing Kennett to have his long-desired revenge. The novel balances action with emotional depth, capturing the protagonist's inner turmoil and the sacrifices he makes in pursuit of justice. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 85.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Revenge -- Fiction Space ships -- Fiction Space pirates -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 61250 2025-06-24T14:30:46.187485 text/html 37558 2024-10-18T03:50:35 text/html 329794 2025-06-24T14:30:48.079541 application/epub+zip 328637 2025-06-24T14:30:46.561477 application/epub+zip 86014 2025-06-24T14:30:46.360450 application/epub+zip 367956 2025-06-24T14:30:50.130471 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 360366 2025-06-24T14:30:47.796590 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 118034 2022-09-28T05:27:05.403961 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 54295 2023-09-26T13:02:45.012561 text/plain 34457 2024-10-18T03:50:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17222 2025-06-24T14:30:50.257450 application/rdf+xml 30136 2025-06-24T14:30:46.437473 image/jpeg 5139 2025-06-24T14:30:46.399444 image/jpeg 444336 2025-06-24T14:30:46.211543 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia