Podkayne Of Mars

Podkayne Fries, born and raised on Mars has just one ambition to earn her wings as a starship pilot and rise through the ranks to com mand deep space explorations. The opportunity to travel aboard the Tocom-on an interstellar journey to Venus and Earth in the company of her diplomat uncle is a dream come true.

Poddy's idea of diplomacy is trying to handle her troublesome brother, Clark But she's about to learn some things about war and peace Because Uncle Tom is the Pimbassador Flerspotentiary from Marsto the Three Planets Conference, which makes him and this niece and nephew potential targets for any radicals looking to sabotage negotiations between the three world's