The Secret of the Ninth Planet

Wollheim, Donald A., 1914-1990

About this book

"The Secret of the Ninth Planet" by Donald A. Wollheim is a science-fiction novel published in 1959. When the Sun's light mysteriously begins to dim across Earth, threatening a new ice age, young Burl Denning discovers alien machinery in the Peruvian Andes. As calculations reveal the Sun may explode within years, Burl joins a desperate expedition aboard an experimental antigravity spaceship to hunt down similar installations throughout the solar system and confront an alien force from Pluto.

Notes

Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_of_the_Ninth_Planet

Author
Wollheim, Donald A., 1914-1990
Reading level
B1 · Intermediate
Language
English

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