Race for the Moon #3

When a dangerous crime boss escapes custody aboard a starship bound for the distant star Rigel, Captain Kip McCoy, Sergeant Beefy Brown, and Figures Farraday race to recapture him—only to discover that the vessel's fifteen-year automated journey may have already sealed his fate. The three rocketeers must contend with the criminal's cunning and the unforgiving lunar landscape as they pursue him across the moon base. A tale of orbital justice where even an escape attempt becomes a prison sentence.

Moon scouts Boniface "Mule" Skinner and Terry Winters discover a wrecked flying saucer on the lunar surface, only to find that its alien pilot has crash-landed at their base—and the creature's desperate attempts to survive are being mistaken for hostile acts. When Terry realizes the being isn't attacking but suffocating, the scouts must convince their commander to attempt a daring rescue, deciding that the fate of first contact with extraterrestrial life depends on their willingness to help. What unfolds is a tense race against time to reunite the injured alien with its people, with consequences neither side could have anticipated.

A survey team exploring distant planets discovers a world of impossible beauty and a mysterious woman named Anizaar who seems to anticipate their every need—until Captain James suspects the paradise itself may be concealing a darker truth. When the crew attempts to depart, the perfect garden transforms into something far more sinister, and they learn that Anizaar is no person at all, but something far stranger and more dangerous. A 1962 science fiction tale that asks whether the most perfect world might be the most treacherous.