Negu has just bought a fabulously expensive rocket ship called the Vulcan , which ideally can be manned by seven, by only takes one to fly. It's stuffed to the gills with supplies for hundreds of miners.
To disobey the orders of the Council of Four was unthinkable to a Space Admiral of the old school. But the trouble was, the school system had changed. A man, a fighter, an Admiral had to think for himself now, if his people were to live.
A brilliant scientist and his former student (and financial benefactor) build a rocket and travel to Mars, where they find a civilization identical to that of Biblical-era Egypt.
The mammoths of the ancient world have been wonderfully preserved in the ice of Siberia.When the hero-scientist of this story knew he must die, he conceived a brilliant idea for the preservation of his body, the result of which even exceeded his expectations. What, how, and why are cleverly told here.