SOMEWHERE IN SPACE, THERE IS AN AWESOME POWER KNOWN AS THE STAR FORCE.In AD 2144, Earth federation forces known as the United Worlds Space Force send two mighty starships into interstellar space on a mission to the nearest star, Alpha Centauri, known as Mission Star Search. What they encounter on their way there is a power that could shatter the universe!

This issue, we have lots of fun stories in store. Our cover story is a new Velda tale by Ron Miller, and from there we move on to originals from DJ Cockburn, Laird Long, John Leahy, James Van Pelt, and of course Hal Charles, who has a new solve-it-yourself puzzler. Our novels are by B.L. Farjeon and Ray Cummings, and we have classic shorts from Philip E. High and Lester del Rey. Good stuff, all.Here’s the complete lineup—Cover Art: Ron Miller

The fourth instalment of an epic science fiction series that tells of humanity's desperate struggle to survive against an overwhelming alien invasion.The alien invaders were driven from Earth, but isolated pockets continue to hold out and hinder the recovery effort. Major Mitch Taylor's Inter-Allied Company is re-organised into a rapid response taskforce to seek out and destroy all remaining threats. However, when Ramstein is obliterated in an aerial attack, they know that the batt...

The sixth instalment of an epic science fiction series that tells of humanity's desperate struggle to survive against an overwhelming alien invasion.The counterattack into enemy territory proved the aliens were far stronger than the humans thought. Whilst many got on with their lives in the hope the aliens would not return, Colonel Mitch Taylor knew better. No longer seeking to occupy Earth, the enemy Lord Demiran wants revenge. This time he means to obliterate Earth with a new ter...

The third instalment of an epic new science fiction trilogy that tells of humanity's desperate struggle to survive against an overwhelming alien invasion.Reinforcements from across the world have brought the battle in Germany to a bitter standstill. Faced by increased pressure from the humans, the Krycenaean invaders call in troops from the Moon to mount a new offensive. On Earth, Major Taylor learns that Captain Friday may still be alive, but held a prisoner. He hatches a bold pla...

The bestselling epic first book in the science fiction saga 'Battle Earth' is back, and better than ever. Re-mastered and with over five thousand words of additional material. Battle Earth tells of humanity's desperate struggle to survive against an overwhelming alien invasion.A distress transmission from Mars research colony warns of an advanced and unknown enemy approaching the heavily populated lunar colony. An elite marine unit commanded by Major Mitch Taylor is dispatched to p...

What do you owe the future, and what do you owe the past?With the hated totalitarian System on the verge of collapse and the dreaded alien Omnis observing an unexpected truce, veteran soldier of the Legion Thinker has finally found happiness with his wife Priestess.He raises his children in a cozy home and instructs new Legion recruits in basic training. It is a dream he never thought possible — a haven of peace and comfort.However, it is short-live...

His past is haunting him — and she won't take no for an answerOnce a proud soldier and fearless immortal, Thinker is now a dishwasher trapped on a dismal collective System world without even his own memories to comfort him. Tortured by dreams of people he has never met, he will be returned to the clinic if he fails to adjust to life on the outside — and his adjustment is not going well.Although required to submit, he had just killed a thief trying to rob hi...

Welcome to the Kitchen of the Gods — a forbidding volcanic cauldron guarded by merciless, invulnerable Omni aliens, and giant primitive ExosegsOn a hostile planet, ConFree Legion trooper Thinker (Beta 3) and his Squad Beta comrades approach the Omni swarm. As they fight their way into the Camp of the O, they find themselves helpless and terrified in the grip of the aliens' awesome psypower.The battlefield soon becomes littered with the pitted, smoking A-sui...

The Mound rises up against the skyline — an imposing, brooding presence, dark and silentIt appears to be completely deserted. A layer of brilliant white snow dusts the top of the massive circular structure, glittering in the sunlight. Vents on the roof spew faint plumes of smoke that drift off slowly in a light breeze.I know we're going to die — all of us. But it's all right.We had seen the Omnis' crucified victims, up on metal stakes, on our way to...

War has kept Admiral Jenetta Carver far from home for twelve years. With the advent of peace, she takes a well-deserved vacation and returns to Earth for a visit before her duties as Military Governor and Supreme Military Commandeer of Region Two prevent such a trip for more years. Just a week after arriving home, Jenetta receives word that Region Two has been invaded. No war has been declared, and details are sketchy, but Tsgardi Warriors have landed on at least one planet a hundred light ye...

The seventh instalment of an epic science fiction series that tells of humanity's desperate struggle to survive against an overwhelming alien invasion.Four years have passed since the armies of the alien lord Demiran were defeated. With no war left to fight, Colonel Taylor is paraded around the World as the leading figure of a publicity machine. The Inter-Allied 'Immortals' seem all but a distant memory now peace has been won.Life on ravaged Earth had changed forever, but o...