This is a collection of Smith's "Captain Volmar" stories, including the never before published novella, "Red World of Polaris." It features space adventure stories. The contents include: "The Magellen of the Constellations - an introduction, Ronald S. Hilger and Scott Connors"; "Marooned in Andromeda"; "A Captivity in Serpens"; "The Red World of Polaris"; "The Ocean-World of Alioth" (a fragment); and "Captain Volmar and Crew - an afterword, Donald Sydney-Fryer".