Peril on the Lost Planet

‘Absorbing science fiction’ Kirkus Reviews

They only have one chance to survive.

The planet Hesikos is in grave danger.

Asteroid Gamma circles dangerously close to the planet, leaving behind a path of destruction that ultimately threatens the safety of the planet and its people.

Warnings are sent back to Earth that any rescue attempt would be too much of a risk to contemplate attempting.

But Jeremy Grant and his team of scientists are not to be swayed. Together they travel to Hesikos on a rescue mission. But the only method they can use to destroy the asteroid may put their lives in the greatest of peril…

They must decide: leave Hesikos and its peoples’ fate to chance, or destroy the asteroid, and risk a cataclysmic radioactive explosion that might wipe out everything in its path…

The fascinating world of Peril on the Lost Planet presents an addictive science fiction story that leaves readers tensely awaiting the climax. Will the scientists of MacVicar’s universe succeed in their venture into the deepest, darkest parts of space?
Praise for Angus MacVicar:

‘Absorbing science fiction’ Kirkus Reviews

Angus MacVicar was an accomplished Scottish author, screenwriter and playwright who published work in a variety of genres. Earlier in his career he was known for his crime thrillers and autobiography, but his early writing was interrupted by his service as a captain in the Royal Scots Fusiliers, which meant that most of his juvenile science fiction was not published until after World War II. It was then that his ‘Lost Planet’ series became extremely popular, with MacVicar himself adapting the stories as TV and radio serials.

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