About the book: year / This author presents readers with a smoothly developing, exciting and at the same time amazing story about adventures on the dead surface of the Moon. Mr. Binder has captured the essence of interplanetary history—that the action must depend on the special conditions of the chosen location. So many authors write stories about interplanetary travel that could just as easily take place in New York, Montana, or Central America. Mr. Binder's story is the story of the Moon, par excellence. Cunning must be answered with cunning, insight with insight, in desperate games that people will play for life and death in other worlds. These elements make this story a series of exciting surprises from start to finish..