Frank Belknap Long - Mars is My Destination

MARS

… Earth's first colony in Space. Men killed for the coveted ticket that allowed them to go there. And, once there, the killing went on…

MARS

… Ralph Graham's goal since boyhood—and he was Mars-bound with authority that put the whole planet in his pocket—if he could live long enough to assert it!

MARS

… source of incalculable wealth for humanity—and deadly danger for those who tried to get it!

MARS

… in Earth's night sky, a symbol of the god of war—in this tense novel of the future, a vivid setting for stirring action! — From the Book Blurb