
Reminiscent of old whaling stories, Four-Day Planet follows the story of Walter Boyd, a scrappy 17-year-old reporter working for his father at the Port Sandor Times. Walt gets tied up in the adventures of the sea-monster hunters on Fenris—a barely habitable planet with a 2,000-hour day. The prized—and only—commodity on Fenris is tallow-wax, a miraculous material harvested from the dangerous seas of the planet. While being set in a grand sci-fi universe, the book packs in more about intrigue, betrayal, and the grit required to survive on a backwater planet of the Federation. The book was later re-published as a “two-for-one” with Lone Star Planet (originally titled A Planet for Texans).
Selected chapters for typing
| The Ship from Terra | 16 Pages | |
| Reporter Working | 14 Pages | |
| Bottom Level | 13 Pages | |
| Main City Level | 12 Pages | |
| Meeting Out of Order | 13 Pages | |
| Elementary, My Dear Kivelson | 10 Pages | |
| Aboard the Javelin | 10 Pages | |
| Practice, 50 mm Gun | 11 Pages | |
| Monster Killing | 9 Pages | |
| Mayday, Mayday | 11 Pages | |
| Darkness and Cold | 10 Pages | |
| Castaways Working | 8 Pages | |
| The Beacon Light | 7 Pages | |
| The Rescue | 8 Pages | |
| Vigilantes | 15 Pages | |
| Civil War Postponed | 10 Pages | |
| Tallow-Wax Fire | 13 Pages | |
| The Treason of Bish Ware | 12 Pages | |
| Masks Off | 20 Pages | |
| Finale | 17 Pages |