# Four-Day Planet — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Four-Day Planet by H. Beam Piper.

- [Four-Day Planet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/chapters/four-day-planet.md): The chapter introduces the harsh reality of life on Fenris, a planet with a four-day rotation cycle, and follows the protagonist as he navigates the oppressive economic system controlled by the Murell family. The narrati
- [The Ship from Terra](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/chapters/the-ship-from-terra.md): Walter Boyd, the young reporter for the Port Sandor Times, goes to the spaceport to meet the arriving ship Peenemünde. He encounters various townspeople, including entertainment promoter Adolf Lautier, Professor Hartzenb
- [Reporter Working](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/chapters/reporter-working.md): The narrator, a reporter for the Port Sandor Times, covers the arrival of the Peenemünde and interviews Glenn Murell while observing the corrupt dealings of Steve Ravick, Morton Hallstock, and Leo Belsher. He uncovers a 
- [Bottom Level](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/chapters/bottom-level.md): The narrator, Walt Boyd, guides Glenn Murell through the Bottom Level of Port Sandor, explaining the city's construction, economy based on tallow-wax, and local life-forms. A tread-snail attacks Murell, but Bish Ware sho
- [Main City Level](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/chapters/main-city-level.md): Walt Boyd returns to the Times office with Bish Ware after Glenn Murell is attacked by a tread-snail at the spaceport. Ralph Boyd edits the news coverage, including Leo Belsher's statement and the arrival of the Peenemün

> 16 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=four_day_planet_se_601kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [Meeting Out of Order](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/chapters/meeting-out-of-order.md)
- [Elementary, My Dear Kivelson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/chapters/elementary-my-dear-kivelson.md)
- [Aboard the Javelin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/chapters/aboard-the-javelin.md)
- [Practice, 50 mm Gun](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/chapters/practice-50-mm-gun.md)
- [Monster Killing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/chapters/monster-killing.md)
- [Mayday, Mayday](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/chapters/mayday-mayday.md)
- [Darkness and Cold](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/chapters/darkness-and-cold.md)
- [Castaways Working](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/chapters/castaways-working.md)
- [The Beacon Light](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/chapters/the-beacon-light.md)
- [The Rescue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/chapters/the-rescue.md)
- [Vigilantes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/chapters/vigilantes.md)
- [Civil War Postponed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/chapters/civil-war-postponed.md)
- [Tallow-Wax Fire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/chapters/tallow-wax-fire.md)
- [The Treason of Bish Ware](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/chapters/the-treason-of-bish-ware.md)
- [Masks Off](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/chapters/masks-off.md)
- [Finale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/chapters/finale.md)

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