Country United Kingdom Publication date 1964 Pages 159 Publisher Faber and Faber | Language English Media type Print (Hardback) Originally published 1964 Page count 159 Cover artist Leslie Wood | |
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Series Chris Godfrey of U.N.E.X.A Genres Novel, Science Fiction, Speculative fiction Similar Works by Hugh Walters, Chris Godfrey of UNEXA books | ||
Terror by Satellite is a juvenile science fiction novel, the seventh in Hugh Walters' Chris Godfrey of U.N.E.X.A. series. It was published in 1964, in the UK by Faber and in the US by Criterion Books. Later published in Portugal by Galeria panorama under the name Pânico no satélite
Plot summary
Tony Hale, skilled engineer and amateur radio ham, smuggles a home-made transceiver on board an Earth-orbiting satellite during his tour of duty. This proves invaluable as the commander of the satellite, Hendriks, is a megalomaniac and demands to be made 'Dictator of the World'. To back up this demand, he begins destroying swathes of the Earth's surface using a radiation beam. The only secure link between the Earth and the satellite is Tony's radio.
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