Project Gutenberg 2021-03-06 Public domain in the USA. 127 Simmons, Henry T. McWilliams, Al 1916 1993 McWilliams, Alden Spurr McWilliams, A. Z-Day on Centauri Produced from Planet Stories Summer 1948 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Z-Day on Centauri" by Henry T. Simmons is a science fiction novel written in the late 1940s. The story revolves around Fletcher Pell, an adventurous space pilot who finds himself embroiled in a conflict against the oppressive Drake Interstellar Corporation (DIC) while attempting to help insurgents on the planet Centauri V. The book explores themes of survival, rebellion, and the complexities of allegiance in a dystopian universe. In the narrative, Fletcher Pell, having lost his pilot's license and evading death at the hands of DIC patrols, encounters a mysterious woman named Gret Helmuth who proposes a dangerous mission: to deliver vital U-235 to a rebel leader on Centauri V. As Pell navigates treacherous skies and evades enemy fighters, tensions mount both from the space conflict and his burgeoning relationship with Gret. The story escalates as they face a series of challenges, including modification of their dilapidated ship, intense space battles, and dramatic confrontations with DIC forces. Ultimately, Pell’s determination leads him to a showdown with his former oppressor, Raul Gutridge, culminating in a fierce battle for freedom that tests his resourcefulness and resolve. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Adventure stories Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Revolutionaries -- Fiction Space colonies -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 117467 2025-07-25T13:21:19.737157 text/html 94353 2024-10-18T11:41:07 text/html 464316 2025-07-25T13:21:22.279181 application/epub+zip 464858 2025-07-25T13:21:20.302186 application/epub+zip 110619 2025-07-25T13:21:19.952130 application/epub+zip 517505 2025-07-25T13:21:24.035127 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 509289 2025-07-25T13:21:22.042150 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 155212 2022-09-29T06:56:37.468964 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 109576 2025-07-25T13:21:19.559226 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 89764 2024-10-18T11:41:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17493 2025-07-25T13:21:24.171123 application/rdf+xml 31570 2025-07-25T13:21:20.058160 image/jpeg 5242 2025-07-25T13:21:20.003157 image/jpeg 472444 2025-07-25T13:21:19.758140 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