Between Planets

SUMMARY: The message had seemed simple, yet it was more complex than Don could have imagined. He was being called from Earth to an alien world for reasons unknown -- save only that his life depended on it.But setting out for Mars and getting there in good shape turned out to be a lot more complicated than Don ever would have guessed possible.It was trouble enough being inexplicably hounded by Earth's secret police. But when he was hijacked by Venusian rebels, Don suddenly realized that he was trapped in the center of a war between worlds that could change the fate of the Solar System forever! Don is a citizen of the Interplanetary Federation - yet no single planet can claim him as its own. His mother was born on Venus and his father on Earth, and Don himself was born on a spaceship in trajectory between planets. And he fights for the rights of this curious citizenship in very curious ways. What can happen when politics - on an interplanetary scale - disregard the liberty of the individual? In the end, only the remarkable scientist-dragons of a rebellious Mars can resolve the conflict within a man who cannot live without the society that he knows is killing him. A young man travels from an uuper class dude ranch school to join his family on Venus from Earth. He is evidently unbeknownsth to himself a courier of secret information vital to the out come of an impending interplanetary war. As the story continues, his ability to communicate with the Venerians and his involvement with the guerilla forces lead to a suitable outcome. I read this book the first time over 50 yrs ago, and have reread it several times... When war threatens to break out between Venus and Earth, a boy with citizenship on both planets, attending school on Earth but whose home is on Mars, finds himself in an awkward situation "EASY, boy, easy!" Don Harvey reined in the fat little cow pony.