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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... tried to steady my stomach and think about it . “ Dak , is this a smuggling deal ? Because-- " Oh no ! Except that we are ... trying to find out what I was after - which is okay , as the lines were already drawn ; we knew we were mutual ...
... tried to steady my stomach and think about it . “ Dak , is this a smuggling deal ? Because-- " Oh no ! Except that we are ... trying to find out what I was after - which is okay , as the lines were already drawn ; we knew we were mutual ...
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... trying to arrange a deal with Trow- bridge . " " I should think so ! " " But - see here , Lorenzo , I'm going to lay it on the line . While you were busy whooping your cookies after Brenn- schluss I called the Go For Broke and told them ...
... trying to arrange a deal with Trow- bridge . " " I should think so ! " " But - see here , Lorenzo , I'm going to lay it on the line . While you were busy whooping your cookies after Brenn- schluss I called the Go For Broke and told them ...
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... tried in the past ; under some of them governments were changed as often as underwear . But our present system insures responsible government . " I was so busy trying to see the implications that I almost missed his next remark . " So ...
... tried in the past ; under some of them governments were changed as often as underwear . But our present system insures responsible government . " I was so busy trying to see the implications that I almost missed his next remark . " So ...
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