Read the book snippet Spoilers · The Cursed Expedition
A lonely wind blew across the desert, and Hugh Bullford said, “Yeah. It’s about time to leave for Venus. Why? Why do we want to go to Venus?”
“I don’t know,” Keller said. “I just don’t know.”
The rocket ship touched down on Venus.
Read the book snippet Spoilers · The Cursed Expedition
Keller scoffed. "Sleep it off."
The next morning James Keller was dead.
There was a look of horror on his face that Bullford never hoped to see again.
After the burial, Bullford called Earth. He got no reply. The radio was dead. Bullford took it apart and put it together.
Read the book snippet Spoilers · The Cursed Expedition
But not before he got a piece of soil.
He analyzed the soil and then panic took him. Venus was alive.
Suddenly the space ship tilted and went over. Bullford screamed. But the soil closed over it and almost seemed to lick its lips.