Project Gutenberg 2021-01-09 Public domain in the USA. 96 Coppel, Alfred 1921 2004 Gilman, Robert Cham Marin, A. C. Coppel, Alfredo José de Arana-Marini Coppel, Alfredo Jose de Arana-Marini Galaxan, Sol Houlihan, Raymond F. 1923 1991 Houlihan, Ray Preview of Peril Produced from Planet Stories September 1953 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Preview of Peril" by Alfred Coppel is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950s. The story unfolds against the backdrop of an interplanetary conflict, specifically the Second Martian War, delving into the dramatic tension and military strategy employed by the Terran Space Force. The book likely explores themes of war, sacrifice, and the unpredictable nature of combat. The narrative follows Commodore Clare Hartnett and the crew of the Terran destroyer "Darkside" as they embark on a perilous mission to prevent Martians from capturing crucial isotopes at Metallurgical Station 9. As they navigate through danger, the crew must address their new command structure with Hartnett as the higher authority, which puts their morale and cohesion at risk. The story escalates into intense moments of strategy and combat, culminating in a daring and explosive trap laid for the Martians that involves the seemingly obsolete ship, "Artemis". Through tactical gambles and the challenges of cooperation amidst looming threats, the novel ultimately reveals the lengths to which the crew will go to protect their mission and each other, highlighting the complexities of warfare in a vividly imagined space environment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 74.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction War stories Space ships -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 72578 2025-06-25T10:15:01.912560 text/html 48978 2024-10-18T09:40:32 text/html 423532 2025-06-25T10:15:03.836576 application/epub+zip 422353 2025-06-25T10:15:02.343587 application/epub+zip 90952 2025-06-25T10:15:02.101550 application/epub+zip 465444 2025-06-25T10:15:05.132580 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 457751 2025-06-25T10:15:03.629621 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 126442 2022-09-28T22:32:28.727037 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 65816 2025-06-25T10:15:01.778597 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 46003 2024-10-18T09:40:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17714 2025-06-25T10:15:05.318539 application/rdf+xml 36125 2025-06-25T10:15:02.205565 image/jpeg 5542 2025-06-25T10:15:02.152597 image/jpeg 408590 2025-06-25T10:15:01.929632 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