Double StarThe story revolves around Lawrence Smith, also known as "Lorenzo the Great", a down-and-out actor wasting the remainder of his life in bars. When he encounters a space-pilot who offers him a drink, before he knows what is going on, he is on Mars involved in a deep conspiracy with global consequences. He is given a mission where failure would not only mean his own death, it would almost certainly mean an all-out planetary war. |
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... Chief longer than that . Has he ever used a double before ? " • She looked at me coldly . " Never . The very idea that the Chief would let anybody expose himself to danger in his place is - well , I ought to slap your face ; that's what ...
... Chief longer than that . Has he ever used a double before ? " • She looked at me coldly . " Never . The very idea that the Chief would let anybody expose himself to danger in his place is - well , I ought to slap your face ; that's what ...
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... Chief - or to kill you when you are doubling for the Chief . They are playing rough - as you know ! —and they would kill me , or even Penny , for the slight- est advantage . They would kill you right now , if they could get at you . But ...
... Chief - or to kill you when you are doubling for the Chief . They are playing rough - as you know ! —and they would kill me , or even Penny , for the slight- est advantage . They would kill you right now , if they could get at you . But ...
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... Chief , I'd say to let it go as it is . " you Corpsman left the room again - but Mr. Washington came over with tears leaking out of his eyes - tears are a nuisance in free fall ; there's nowhere for them to go . " Mr. Bonforte , that ...
... Chief , I'd say to let it go as it is . " you Corpsman left the room again - but Mr. Washington came over with tears leaking out of his eyes - tears are a nuisance in free fall ; there's nowhere for them to go . " Mr. Bonforte , that ...
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