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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Page 77
... his staff except for civil service technical employees . But Dak had told me that it was at least sixty - forty that ... Supreme Minister Quiroga was in it ; they attributed the thing to the clandestine terrorist group inside the ...
... his staff except for civil service technical employees . But Dak had told me that it was at least sixty - forty that ... Supreme Minister Quiroga was in it ; they attributed the thing to the clandestine terrorist group inside the ...
Page 157
... His Majesty's Supreme Minister . The chap- lain mixed up the words once , but I straightened him out . I thought I was breezing through it as easy as a curtain speech - when I found that I was crying so hard that I could hardly see ...
... His Majesty's Supreme Minister . The chap- lain mixed up the words once , but I straightened him out . I thought I was breezing through it as easy as a curtain speech - when I found that I was crying so hard that I could hardly see ...
Page 158
... Supreme Minister I could not , without causing comment , never be seen ; as the nominal head of a political party entering a campaign for a general election I had to see people - some people , at least . So I did what I had to do and ...
... Supreme Minister I could not , without causing comment , never be seen ; as the nominal head of a political party entering a campaign for a general election I had to see people - some people , at least . So I did what I had to do and ...
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