The Secret of the 9th Planet Author:Donald A. Wollheim Someone... or someting... was stealing the sun. — At first the theft was imperceptible - soon daylight seemed strangely dim, it was unseasonably cold. Then the growing darkness and increasing frost posed a real threat to the survival of Earth! The world was alarmed and the hunt was on. — The solar system had to be searched. And because Burl Dennin... more »g was close to the scene of the first disturbance, he was picked to go on the Magellan, the most incredible spaceship in the world. On planet after planet, Burl discovered Sun-Tap stations, strange machines that were draining the sun's energies away from Earth. The monstrous mechanisms had to be stopped before the world froze to death!« less