CHAPTER 17Bruce’s twists and turns in space seemed random, a frantic effort to escape as it appeared to the pursuers. But Bruce was angling toward a definite goal. Suddenly he darted straight toward a small Asteroid that bulked out of the void. The Martian ship doggedly followed. Their radarscope report came a second too late, warning of the Asteroid dead ahead.
Bruce’s ship skidded through space in a max-g curve that flung it past one edge of the Asteroid. The Martian ship didn’t make it. Gorson stared at the viewscreen where the brilliant explosion lighted up the entire misshapen hulk of the Asteroid.
“Unbelievable,” he murmured, looking with new respect at Bruce. “You tricked that warship into its own doom.” Sweat glistened on his brow. “But I don’t know if I’ll live through more narr
