The Lost Tribes of Venus

"The Lost Tribes of Venus" by Erik Fennel is a thrilling science fiction story set in the mid-20th century, which orbits around an Earthman named Barry Barr who is changed by a bizarre incident on his voyage to Venus, where navigating a dangerous new world, he quickly becomes involved in a conflict between native tribes and the last vestiges of human settlers. It starts with a tense scene on spaceship Number Four, where a fatal accident results in a crew member's death and the breakdown of essential systems; Barry steps up and fixes the ship while deadly Sigma radiation threatens his life. Once on Venus, Barry contends with the planet's brutal environment and his own changing feelings for Dorothy, a fellow colonist, along with his alarming physical transformation. As his own identity shifts, he gets caught in Venus's tangled politics and learns more about the mysterious native people.