Ghosts of Gol

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THE GHOSTS OF GOL

by Kurt Mahr

The Action & Adventure Happens will

PERRY RHODAN

With his head In the stars and his heart on Earth, he is the new breed of

interplanetary peacemonger

THORA & KHREST

Two Arkonides a long way from home; she, an impetuous beauty, he, the

cerebral sedate scientist

REGINALD BELL

Rough & ready Reg would go to the ridge of eternity for Perry

CAPT. CHANEY

Commander of a "Guppy"

MAJ. DERINGHOUSE

Rhodan's righthand as they explore the surface of the planet Gol

TANAKA SEIKO

A mutant whose brain is sensitized to electromagnetic waves

WURIU SENGU

“Seer”

ANNE SLOANE

Telekineticist

NYSSEN & KLEIN

Stardust crewmen

PERRY RHODAN: Peacelord of the Universe

Series and characters created and directed by

Karl-Herbert Scheer and Walter Ernsting

ACE BOOKS EDITION

Editor: Donald A Wollheim

Managing Editor: Forrest J Ackerman

Translator: Wendayne Ackerman

Art Director: Charles Volpe

Illustrations for this novel: Sandy Huffaker

THE GHOSTS OF GOL

by Kurt Mahr

AN ACE BOOK

ACE PUBLISHING CORPORATION

1120 Avenue of the Americas

New York, N.Y. 10036

THE GHOSTS OF GOL

An Ace Book, by arrangement with

Arthur Moewig Verlag

Original German Title:

“Die Geister von Gol”

Cover by Gray Morrow

Printed in U.S.A

CONTENTS

FROM THE CAPTAIN OF THE STARDUST 4E

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1 SPOOKY PHENOMENA

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2 PERILS OF GOL

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3 GLOWING-BEINGS?

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4 THE VALLEY OF THE PHANTOMS

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5 ENCOUNTER WITH THE GHOSTS

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6 A MESSAGE FROM THE UNKNOWN

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7 BEYOND THE GALAXY

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FROM THE CAPTAIN OF

THE STARDUST 4E

THE GLOWING GOAL

PERRY RHODAN Adventure #500!

Aliens from the Void!

It is the year 3438 Solar Standard Time and after a year of adventures in the

Galaxy of Gruelfin, Perry Rhodan and his complement of 8000 aboard the giant

space-carrier Marco Polo are returning to, the Milky Way. They hope to find the

state of mankind in their solar system as it was when they left it.

But–

And that is the story, as told by co-creator Karl-Herbert Scheer, of the 500th

Perry Rhodan episode, in the great Anniversary issue

ith a 331/3% increase in pages.

That event took place, of course, in Germany, land of Perry’s birth, early in

1971. At one translation per month, we’d be well into the 21st Century before

reaching PR #500.

-And thereby hangs a tale.

Ross Pavlac, a 20-year-old junior at Ohio University and prexy of the campus

sci-fi club, takes us to task for our “infantile little previews at the end of each

chapter.” He asks, “Do you really think we’re gonna bite our nails waiting for

‘Danger from the Sun’ for 400 adventures?”

Well, gang, we wouldn’t want to cause any bloody hangnails among you Rho-

Fans (especially those of you enrolled at Transylvania U.), but it’s just possible

that you might not have to wait 33 years to read Perry’s 400th adventure.

Or half that long if some day we go biweekly.

Or “only” 8 years if by some miracle it should be possible to follow the

German pattern and appear weekly.

A new trip every 7 days with the Perrypatetic Peacelord would be a travelogue

that would indeed set space opera lovers agog! A glowing goal that everyone

concerned with the production of PERRY–from Wollheim to Wendayne to Walter

Ernsting–would like to see achieved.

As time goes by we might (unless there are overwhelming howls of protest)

speed up production by summarizing an adventure here & there, thus speeding up

the American series by creaming the endless supply of stories for only the best &

most exciting.

Another thing: if PERRY proves as popular as we’ve every reason to believe

the American series will be, we could just conceivably reward the readership with

a PERRY RHODAN EXTRA, time-travelling ahead to publish PR #100, #200,

#300, #400 and even #500 years in advance of normal schedule!

So keep an eye on us, Ross, and maybe those puerile little previews spotted

here & there throughout each book will emerge from the Realm of Unwrought

Things into full reality in your lifetime and (I’m 55) mine!

1 SPOOKY PHENOMENA

RHODAN’s stern voice, resounding from the telecoms in all the corridors of the mighty

spaceship, broke the quiet which had prevailed for several hours aboard the Stardust II.

“Commander to all Guppies! Prepare your ships for takeoff at nine-twenty ship time. I

repeat…”

The previous quiet had been deceptive. Beneath its surface, tension was growing, perhaps

even fear, most certainly the disquieting realization of involvement with things beyond the

comprehension of human brains. To the Stardust’s crew of five hundred, never before had it

been so apparent as in the past few days and hours to just what extraordinary degree the welfare

of the entire ship depended on the capabilities of a single man.

A single man: Perry Rhodan.

Many of the men did not know the reasons for Rhodan’s actions and the leader of the New

Power did not deem it necessary to enlighten them. So rumours spread, at first ridiculed, then

embellished with hair-raising details and finally accepted.

Rhodan’s latest order meant new excitement for two hundred men of the crew. After the

unnerving experience of hours of uncertain waiting, they preferred plunge into the most

dangerous adventure rather than remain inactive a moment longer.

Guppies were the eight auxiliary ships of the Good Hope class carried aboard the Stardust II.

Nobody remembered who first called them such but “Guppies” was now accepted as the

common code name for the two hundred-foot-long ships.

The all clear reports for the Guppies had come. Perry Rhodan sat in the pilot seat in the

Control Centre and listened to the telecom with an impassive face. He looked as if he were not

interested in the chatter but after the eighth report he leaned over the mike and ordered:

“Proceed in accordance with the data of your automatic navigation control. Hold your ships in

standby position in your respective target areas and scan the sector for structural changes. Keep

your structure sensors manned at all times and report immediately any change in the spacetime

continuum. Start at prearranged time.”

With an abrupt move of his hand he switched off the telecom. He whirled around in his chair.

He was alone in the Command Centre with Reginald Bell, his companion ever since their first

flight to Earth’s moon and still his best friend on their way to the Unknown.

Bell tried to smile but managed only a half-hearted grin. Cheerfulness seemed out of place

these days.

“What do you anticipate?” asked Bell. “Alien ships?”

Rhodan stared thoughtfully at him for a few seconds. Then he shook his head in vigorous

negation and got up.

“No, no ships,” he answered.

Bell waited. He waited until he knew that Rhodan would give him no further explanation

voluntarily.

“What in the devil else?” he asked gruffly. “Am I supposed to guess or are you going to tell

me?”

“I expect a structural disturbance,” Rhodan replied. “How it will be brought about I don’t

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