Project Gutenberg 2024-04-21 Public domain in the USA. 153 Hamilton, Edmond 1904 1977 Sterling, Brett Rankin, Hugh 1878 1956 Copp, Hugh Doak Doak DOAK The star-stealers $aIndianapolis, IN :$bPopular Fiction Publishing Company, $c1929. Produced from Weird Tales May, February 1929. Interstellar Patrol, 2 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Star-Stealers" by Edmond Hamilton is a science fiction novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around an impending cosmic disaster as a gigantic dark star approaches the Milky Way, threatening to pull the sun and all its planets into the depths of space. With a focus on interstellar adventure, the narrative combines elements of space exploration, scientific discovery, and human ingenuity to avert an existential crisis. The protagonist, Ran Rarak, is a captain of a cruiser belonging to the Federation of Stars, which has called him back from duty to confront this extraordinary threat. Upon learning from Hurus Hol, the chief of the Bureau of Astronomical Knowledge, that the dark star's path has changed—now veering dangerously close to their sun—Rarak leads a fleet of ships to confront this menace. Alongside his crew, he battles against strange alien creatures and their advanced technologies, ultimately discovering that these beings seek to steal their sun to save their own dying sun. After an intense series of confrontations, the fleet manages to disable the gravitational device powering the dark star, preserving their sun and ensuring the survival of their solar system while exploring themes of sacrifice, resilience, and teamwork. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20240325140026hamilton 1929 US Reading ease score: 70.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Science fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Adventure 109733 2025-07-29T06:28:15.034844 text/html 85135 2024-04-21T14:08:42 text/html 516702 2025-07-29T06:28:18.585782 application/epub+zip 516689 2025-07-29T06:28:16.424807 application/epub+zip 225594 2025-07-29T06:28:15.535961 application/epub+zip 934496 2025-07-29T06:28:20.330821 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 926868 2025-07-29T06:28:18.011803 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 101425 2025-07-29T06:28:14.849824 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 81593 2024-04-21T14:08:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16530 2025-07-29T06:28:20.477767 application/rdf+xml 32649 2025-07-29T06:28:15.931792 image/jpeg 5602 2025-07-29T06:28:15.703798 image/jpeg 1675623 2025-07-29T06:28:15.067845 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 en.wikipedia