Pattern For Conquest

A spectacular space opera from the golden age of science fiction.The inhabitants of Earth are invaded from outer space whom then they attempt to conquer from within. Stellar Downing, the precise and calculating flight commander of mars is a bitter rival of Clifford Lane, quick and impulsive flight commander of venus and their rivalry is known to all three worlds of the solar combine. A classic from one of the best writers of the genre.

George Oliver Smith (April 9, 1911 - May 27, 1981) (also known by the pseudonym Wesley Long) was an American science fiction author. He is not to be confused with George H. Smith, another American science fiction writer. Smith was an active contributor to Astounding Science Fiction during the Golden Age of Science Fiction in the 1940s. His collaboration with the magazine's editor, John W. Campbell, Jr. was interrupted when Campbell's first wife, Doña, left him in 1949 and married Smith. Smith continued regularly publishing science fiction novels and stories until 1960. His output greatly diminished in the 1960s and 1970s when he had a job that required his undivided attention. He was given the First Fandom Hall of Fame award in 1980. He was a member of the all-male literary banqueting club the Trap Door Spiders, which served as the basis of Isaac Asimov's fictional group of mystery solvers the Black Widowe