Brigands of the Moon

Ray Cummings was a 20th century science fiction writer. The Girl in the Golden Atom, published in 1922, is his most famous work. He wrote some 750 novels and short stories, using the pen names Ray King, Gabrielle Cummings, and Gabriel Wilson. Brigands of the Moon is an action packed clash between two planets for superpower ore. The interplanetary flight involves piracy, and a prediction about the mining and future colonization of the moon.