The Vortex Blaster ♦ By E. E. Smith
Neal "Storm" Cloud failed his Lensman exam, But life has a strange way of making heroes of even those who sometimes fail. Cloud's family is tragically killed when a misguided attempt to blow out a vortex lands one of the fragments right on his house. Devastated by the loss of his family, Cloud takes a leave of absence from the Radiation Lab where he works studying the vortices. As he drives he is struck with an idea for "blowing out" a vortex. It is slightly technical (Smith explains it so it can be easily followed), but the general idea is that Cloud's brain works so fast that he can calculate exactly where the center of the vortex will be at a moment in time and how big an explosive is needed, then hit it with a bomb that is set at the exact strength to actually extinguish the vortex instead of blowing it apart and making more vortices. As it continues the book tells of Cloud's new job as the universe's one and only vortex blaster. This job takes him from planet to planet where he blows out vortices, matches wits against drug dealers and gangsters, meets new life forms, and acquires a crew for his small scout ship. His adventures are many and varied, and the lifeforms he meets are strange and interesting.
-
16:13
Cʰrσиσs LΞGΔCΨ мєgαℓιтн
13 hours agoGOD OF WAR RAGNAROK BALDUR MUSIC COMBO
92 -
3:54:44
Alex Zedra
5 hours agoLIVE! Playing ALIENS Fireteam
36.3K10 -
1:31:06
Rob Braxman Tech
12 hours agoCheaper Phone Service! VOIP Solutions, and the Problem of SMS
19.3K9 -
LIVE
Price of Reason
9 hours agoHollywood Studios LOSING Billions! ABC to Host Trump-Harris Debate! Suicide Squad Game EPIC FLOP!
470 watching -
2:03:51
Precision Rifle Network
1 day agoGuns & Grub S2E16 - Stupid High Prices and bitter goodbyes
28.6K6 -
1:30:48
Kim Iversen
10 hours agoThe Petrodollar Deal Lives, Is BRICS A Deception, and the True Masters of Global Power | Prof Richard Werner
57.2K85 -
1:56:45
Matt Kim
1 day agoOLD SCHOOL STREAM
42.4K7 -
2:07:07
Melonie Mac
10 hours agoGo Boom Live Ep 15!
43.8K7 -
58:37
The StoneZONE with Roger Stone
7 hours agoWalz Stolen Valor Drags Kamala Down | The StoneZONE with Roger Stone
55.1K24 -
56:28
Patriots With Grit
7 hours agoThe Mark Of the Beef: EID Tracking: Its Not For Food Safety | Congresswoman (R) WY Harriet Hageman
52.9K28