Double StarOne minute, down and out actor Lorenzo Smythe was -- as usual -- in a bar, drinking away his troubles as he watched his career go down the tubes. Then a space pilot bought him a drink, and the next thing Smythe knew, he was shanghaied to Mars. Suddenly he found himself agreeing to the most difficult role of his career: impersonating an important politician who had been kidnapped. Peace with the Martians was at stake -- failure to pull off the act could result in interplanetary war. And Smythe's own life was on the line -- for if he wasn't assassinated, there was always the possibility that he might be trapped in his new role forever! Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. |
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Page 91
... Willem's equerry , Colonel Pateel , a bland - faced Hindu with perfect manners and the dazzling dress uniform of the Imperial space forces . His bow to me must have been calculated on a slide rule ; it suggested that I was about to be ...
... Willem's equerry , Colonel Pateel , a bland - faced Hindu with perfect manners and the dazzling dress uniform of the Imperial space forces . His bow to me must have been calculated on a slide rule ; it suggested that I was about to be ...
Page 93
... Willem kept them on as pensioners to brighten his court ; some said he wanted to keep an eye on them and keep them out of politics and other mischief . Per- haps it was a little of both . There were the nonroyal nobility of a dozen ...
... Willem kept them on as pensioners to brighten his court ; some said he wanted to keep an eye on them and keep them out of politics and other mischief . Per- haps it was a little of both . There were the nonroyal nobility of a dozen ...
Page 95
... Willem made no comment , but looked on down the list . I tried to remember exactly what Bonforte had said about ... Willem ' ? ' Sire ' from a man six years older than I am , under these circum- stances , is silly . " " Very well ...
... Willem made no comment , but looked on down the list . I tried to remember exactly what Bonforte had said about ... Willem ' ? ' Sire ' from a man six years older than I am , under these circum- stances , is silly . " " Very well ...
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