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In March 1913, a nuclear rocket-powered spaceship leaves France to explore
the planets of the Solar System. On board are the intrepid Marquis de
Valsorres, the eminent Dr. Portier, the beautiful Zabeth and their loyal
companion, Thomas. After a long stay on an utopian-like Mars, they reach
the prehistoric world of Saturn. But in the meantime the Great War has
started on Earth and a rival German expedition threatens their very survival…
The Ring of Light first appeared as a feuilleton serial in the
daily newspaper Le Petit Parisien from 6 November 1921 to 4 February
1922, more than a year Herman Oberth’s seminal By Rocket into
Interplanetary Space (1923), and Otto Willi Gail’s The Shot
into Infinity (1925). It is of considerable interest with regard to
the history of French speculative fiction, especially interplanetary fiction,
for it is one of the earliest responses to the popularizing of the notion
that space travel might become practicable with the aid of rockets, and
particularly rockets propelled by atomic power derived from radium.
Cover by Phil Cohen
Published by Black Coat Press in June 2018
ISBN: 978-1-61227-756-1
