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On a cloud-covered Venus, young space cadets face a tyrant—and discover what their loyalty demands.
In The Revolt on Venus by Carey Rockwell, Tom Corbett and his fellow Space Academy cadets leave training behind for real danger. Their peacekeeping duty brings them to a world where tyranny turns people against their rulers. With an uprising close, standing for peace means deciding whose cause deserves their courage.
Tom wants to prove himself worthy of the Solar Guard. Beside him are Astro, a gifted engineer whose home planet is Venus, and Roger Manning, quick with a joke but loyal when it counts. Captain Strong guides them through a brisk adventure where friendship, duty, and freedom face a hard test.
What you’ll discover
- A world under pressure Explore an imagined Venus of heat, thick cloud, and strange wild places.
- Friends worth trusting Follow cadets whose different strengths give their team something solid to stand on.
- Loyalty close to home Meet Astro, whose devotion reaches both his friends and the planet of his birth.
- Courage against tyranny See how a mission tests the cadets beyond anything their training ground can offer.
- Danger around the corner Short chapters and moments of peril keep this plainspoken space adventure moving.
Who will love it
Perfect for readers who enjoy rocket ships, steaming jungles, secret bases and teams of friends who joke and fight side by side.
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- Three cadets win honors, then get a mission
- A bomb on the hull ends the trip
- Venusport brings a pawnshop and a friendly host
- The jungle belt tests the hunters
- Recalled to duty and nearly kidnapped
- Astro, alone and lost, is taken prisoner
- A wounded monster, a captured crew, a prison
- Freedom claimed in the name of control
- Friends who put each other first
- How the story is told, from gadgets to jungle
Who’s who
- Tom CorbettThe curly-haired command cadet of the Polaris unit, steady and quick-thinking, who wants to protect his friends and finish the mission.
- Roger ManningThe blond radar and navigation cadet, a joker and flirt, who spots danger fast and bickers with Astro but would never abandon him.
- AstroThe giant Venusian power-deck cadet, expert on atomic engines and the jungle, who wants to prove his loyalty to the Solar Guard.
- Major Lou ConnelA gruff, hard-driving Solar Guard officer sent to Venus to look into a secret group, who trusts action over diplomacy.
- Captain Steve StrongThe Polaris unit's skipper, fair and friendly, who watches over his cadets and notices what others miss.
- Commander WaltersThe head of Space Academy and the Solar Guard, who wants to protect the Alliance without harming innocent people.
- Rex SinclairA white-haired planter on the jungle's edge who welcomes the cadets to his crystal-roofed home and says he wants to be left in peace.
- E. Philips JamesThe smooth Solar Delegate for Venus, who says little and calls the Venusian Nationalists a harmless club.
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The Revolt on Venus
by Carey Rockwell · 1954
Three Space Cadets on leave stumble onto a secret army hidden in the Venusian jungle, led by a masked man in white.
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What would you do if a bomb were stuck to the fin of your spaceship, and the only one who knew about it was the cadet watching the stars? That happens early in The Revolt on Venus, a story that never stops moving.
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Three cadets win honors, then get a mission
The story opens two hundred miles above Earth. Cadet Tom Corbett drifts alone in a spacesuit with his helmet blacked out. He must find his way back to the Polaris using only spoken orders from Captain Steve Strong. He makes it in nine minutes and fifty-one seconds and wins term honors for his unit.
The scene sets up the three friends. Tom commands, Roger Manning handles radar and navigation, and Astro, the huge Venusian cadet, runs the atomic engines. They trade insults the whole way home. Back at Space Academy, their leave plans are already set. They will go to Venus and hunt a tyrannosaurus.
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Rockwell, Carey. The Revolt on Venus. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-revolt-on-venus.
Rockwell, C. (2026). The revolt on Venus. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-revolt-on-venus (Original work published 1954)
Rockwell, Carey. The Revolt on Venus. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-revolt-on-venus.
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What is The Revolt on Venus about?
Three Space Cadets go on leave to Venus to hunt a tyrannosaurus and find a secret army of uniformed Nationalists preparing a rebellion. With Major Connel they search the jungle for the hidden base and face capture, danger and a stolen-ticket mystery.
Who are Tom, Roger and Astro?
They are the Polaris unit at Space Academy. Tom Corbett commands the ship, Roger Manning handles radar and navigation, and Astro, a giant Venusian, runs the atomic engines. They tease each other constantly and rely on one another.
Who are the Venusian Nationalists?
They are a group of Venus planters who start as a social club and grow into a uniformed movement. They wear green, speak an old Venusian dialect and want Venus free of the Solar Alliance. Their leader is called Lactu.
The author
Carey Rockwell
American science fiction house pseudonym
Carey Rockwell was the house pen name used for the Tom Corbett, Space Cadet series of novels, a set of juvenile science-fiction adventures published in the early 1950s alongside the popular American television show of the same name. The books captured the era's excitement about spaceflight and the future for a generation of young readers. The novels follow Tom Corbett and his fellow cadets of the Space Academy as they train to explore and protect the Solar System, facing dangers, sabotage, and adventure across the planets. Fast-moving and optimistic, the series reflected the golden age of space-adventure fiction for young people. The 'Carey Rockwell' name was a publisher's pseudonym for the ghost-written series rather than a single real author. Our editions present these adventures clearly. Start free with each 15-minute summary’s opening and first key idea.
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