Step to the Stars
Only a decade away! Yes, according to the well-known author of Step To The Stars, this remarkable age that has produced rocket ships, guided missiles and hydrogen bombs will have a space station circling the Earth within the next ten years. World domination will be in the hands of the country that constructs it, and man will know, once and for all, whether he is free or slave.
Such thoughts were far from Jim Stanley's mind when he was investigated by the FBI and later subjected to strange and rigorous tests...
Lester del Rey
Lester del Rey (1915–1993) was an American science fiction author and editor. Del Rey is especially famous for his juvenile novels such as those which are part of the Winston Science Fiction series, and for Del Rey Books, the fantasy and science fiction branch of Ballantine Books edited by Lester del Rey and his fourth wife Judy-Lynn del Rey.
Lester del Rey used these pseudonyms: Philip St. John, Kenneth Wright, Erik van Lhin, Charles Satterfield, Edson McCann, John Alvarez, Marion Henry, Philip James, Wade Kaempfert, Ramon F. Alvarez-del Rey and Cameron Hall.