{"product_id":"2940013684775","title":"ASTOUNDING STORIES FEBRUARY 1931","description":"VOL. V. No. 2            CONTENTS            FEBRUARY, 1931\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCOVER DESIGN                    H. W. WESSO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    _Painted in Water-Colors from a Scene in \"The Tentacles from Below.\"_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWEREWOLVES OF WAR               D. W. HALL                153\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    _The Story of the \"Torpedo Plan\" and of Capt. Lance's Heroic Part in\u003cbr\u003e     America's Last Mighty Battle with the United Slavs._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE TENTACLES FROM BELOW        ANTHONY GILMORE           172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    _Down to Tremendous Ocean Depths Goes Commander Keith Wells in His\u003cbr\u003e     Blind Duel with the Marauding \"Machine-Fish.\"_\u003cbr\u003e     (A Complete Novelette.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE BLACK LAMP                  CAPTAIN S. P. MEEK        212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    _Dr. Bird and His Friend Carnes Unravel Another Criminal Web of\u003cbr\u003e     Scientific Mystery._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePHALANXES OF ATLANS             F. V. W. MASON            228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    _Only in Dim Legends Did Mankind Remember Atlantis and the\u003cbr\u003e     Lost Tribes--Until Victor Nelson's Extraordinary Adventure\u003cbr\u003e     in the Unknown Arctic._ (Beginning a Two-Part Novel.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE PIRATE PLANET               CHARLES W. DIFFIN         261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    _From Earth and Sub-Venus Converge a Titanic Offensive of Justice\u003cbr\u003e     on the Unspeakable Man-Things of Torg._ (Conclusion.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE READERS' CORNER             ALL OF US                 277\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    _A Meeting Place for Readers of_ ASTOUNDING STORIES.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSingle Copies, 20 Cents (In Canada, 25 Cents) Yearly Subscription,\u003cbr\u003e$2.00\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIssued monthly by Readers' Guild, Inc., 80 Lafayette Street, New York,\u003cbr\u003eN. Y. W. M. Clayton, President; Francis P. Pace, Secretary. Entered as\u003cbr\u003esecond-class matter December 7, 1929, at the Post Office at New York,\u003cbr\u003eN. Y., under Act of March 3, 1879. Title registered as a Trade Mark in\u003cbr\u003ethe U. S. Patent Office. Member Newsstand Group--Men's List. For\u003cbr\u003eadvertising rates address E. R. Crowe \u0026amp; Co., Inc., 25 Vanderbilt Ave.,\u003cbr\u003eNew York; or 225 North Michigan Ave., Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       *       *       *       *       *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWerewolves of War\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_By D. W. Hall_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Illustration: _\"Hay crosses the gulf, taking with him the cord which\u003cbr\u003econtrols the electro-magnet.\"_ ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Sidenote: The story of the \"Torpedo Plan\" and of Capt. Lance's heroic\u003cbr\u003epart in America's last mighty battle with the United Slavs.]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrapped again!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut this time, Lance swore, they'd not get away without paying dearly\u003cbr\u003efor it!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnder the mesh of his gas-mask the lean lines of his jaw went taut.\u003cbr\u003eTense, steely fingers flipped to the knobbed control instruments; the\u003cbr\u003egleaming single-seater scout plane catapulted in a screaming\u003cbr\u003esomersault. Lance's ever-wary sixth sense told him the tongues of\u003cbr\u003edisintegrating flame had licked the plane's protected belly, and for\u003cbr\u003ethe fact that it was protected he thanked again his stupendous luck.\u003cbr\u003eHe pulled savagely at the squat control stick; the four Rahl-Diesels\u003cbr\u003eunleashed a torrent of power; and the slim scout rose like a comet,\u003cbr\u003eand hurtled, the altitude dial's nervous finger proclaimed, to ten\u003cbr\u003ethousand feet. Lance eased off the power, relaxed slightly, and\u003cbr\u003eglanced below.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey'd started off a squadron of fifteen planes. Thirteen had crumpled\u003cbr\u003ebeneath that treacherous, stabbing curtain of disintegrating flame.\u003cbr\u003eOnly two of them were left--he and Praed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraed, of course!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe fellow's plane was pirouetting nearby. Lance was the squadron\u003cbr\u003eleader. He jammed his thin-lipped mouth close to the \"mike\" and\u003cbr\u003erasped:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"They trapped us again! There's some damn spy at our base. Stand by,\u003cbr\u003ePraed! They'll send up a few men to wipe us out, too ... and we're\u003cbr\u003egoin' to square the account!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe listened for Praed's answer. Presently it came.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I can't! They got two of my motors. I'm limping badly. We'd better\u003cbr\u003ebeat it while we can.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLance's mouth curled. He roared:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Go on, then, beat it! But I'm goin' to take a couple of 'em, anyway.\"\u003cbr\u003eDisgusted, filled with red anger, he flung the phones from his head,\u003cbr\u003ewatched Praed's plane whirl its stubby nose for home, settled himself\u003cbr\u003ealertly in the low, padded seat and concentrated his attention on the\u003cbr\u003eground below.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe'd been right. Tiny, gray-clad figures were pouring from their\u003cbr\u003ebarracks, rushing madly towards the dozen or so planes neatly drawn up\u003cbr\u003eon the field. Lance's mouth twitched. They probably wondered, down\u003cbr\u003ethere, why the devil he didn't beat it--like Praed! He stroked the\u003cbr\u003elever which controlled his five gas bombs, centered his battery of\u003cbr\u003eincendiary-bullet machine-guns and ruthlessly shoved the control stick\u003cbr\u003efull over.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070192500976,"sku":"2940013684775","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013684775_p0.jpg?v=1763584333","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013684775","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}