Project Gutenberg 2021-03-09 Public domain in the USA. 99 McDowell, Robert Emmett 1914 1975 McDowell, Emmett Sword of Fire Produced from Planet Stories Winter 1949 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Sword of Fire" by Emmett McDowell is a science fiction novel written in the late 1940s. The story follows Jupiter Jones, a lone space explorer who finds himself marooned on an alien planet fraught with dangers, where he must navigate a world dominated by various races, including the enigmatic Anolyn—a telepathic octopod species. The novel explores themes of survival, identity, and the relationship between oppressor and oppressed as Jupiter is drawn into an unexpected role as a potential savior for the planet's subjugated inhabitants. The opening of the book introduces Jupiter Jones as he crash-lands on a hostile planet after being lost in space. Stripped of his comrades, he is alone in a dangerous new environment filled with strange creatures and human-like beings. After narrowly avoiding death at the hands of some locals, he becomes aware of a complex social structure involving different races and the looming threat of the Anolyn, who have established dominance over the planet's inhabitants. Throughout the beginning, Jupiter grapples with feelings of isolation and the expectations placed on him, setting the stage for a conflict that will see him confront not only the forces controlling the world but also his own inner struggles. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 85.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Adventure stories Life on other planets -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 148015 2025-06-25T12:27:18.383886 text/html 126285 2024-10-18T11:48:30 text/html 445236 2025-06-25T12:27:21.189850 application/epub+zip 446192 2025-06-25T12:27:18.902871 application/epub+zip 122829 2025-06-25T12:27:18.617836 application/epub+zip 509189 2025-06-25T12:27:23.023848 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 501001 2025-06-25T12:27:20.947857 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 177773 2022-09-29T07:15:06.987623 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 138259 2025-06-25T12:27:18.080859 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 118487 2024-10-18T11:48:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16760 2025-06-25T12:27:23.142820 application/rdf+xml 35473 2025-06-25T12:27:18.727845 image/jpeg 5849 2025-06-25T12:27:18.674833 image/jpeg 718437 2025-06-25T12:27:18.407830 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