The Prince of Mars Returns - Publishing People Series
I, Captain Daniel J. Hanley, chief meteorologist of the General Rocket Corporation, had no intention of going to Mars when I stepped into the new space car and pressed gently but with finality on the gravity-screen lever.I was conscious only of a great urge to get as far away as possible from a certain young woman who had-but why go into details about that? It is enough that I didn't fully realize what I was doing.