The Five Gold Bands

A galactic treasure hunt for the most important and highly guarded secret of all: the secret of the Star Drive.

The Five Gold Bands (1950)
Paddy Blackthorn and the girl from the Earth Agency risk death on five alien worlds in the most fantastic of galactic treasure hunts!

Chapter I – Tunnel to Nowhere
Chapter II – Questionnaire
Chapter III – Treasure of the Ages
Chapter IV – Space Fugitive
Chapter V – The Shauls Can Do
Chapter VI – The Girls of Maeve
Chapter VII – Hit the Deck
Chapter VIII – Hunted
Chapter IX – Not So Loud
Chapter X – One Little Kiss
Chapter XI – The Plain of Thish
Chapter XII – Brazen Throat
Chapter XIII – We Are Alone
Chapter XIV – Air in the Cabin

The Five Gold Bands was published in Startling Stories in the November, 1950 issue.

Jack Vance (1916–2013) began writing mystery, fantasy, and science fiction in the late 1940s. His early writings were published in various of the pulp magazines of the time. Vance was the recipient of several Hugo and Nebula awards.