The Stars My DestinationGully Foyle, Mechanic's Mate 3rd Class, is the only survivor on his drifting, wrecked spaceship. When another space vessel, the Vorga, ignores his distress flares and sails by, Foyle becomes a man obsessed with revenge. He endures 170 days alone in deep space before finding refuge on the Sargasso Asteroid and then returning to Earth to track down the crew and owners of the Vorga. But, as he works out his murderous grudge, Foyle also uncovers a secret of momentous proportions. |
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... Skoptsy Colony , Mars . " " What ! " Foyle was thunderstruck . " He's a Skoptsy ? You mean after hunting him for a year , I can't touch him ... hurt him ... make him feel what I felt ? " He turned away from the tortured man on the table ...
... Skoptsy Colony , Mars . " " What ! " Foyle was thunderstruck . " He's a Skoptsy ? You mean after hunting him for a year , I can't touch him ... hurt him ... make him feel what I felt ? " He turned away from the tortured man on the table ...
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... Skoptsy ! The one thing I never figured on ... After preparing that port stateroom for him ... What am I going to do ? What , in God's name , am I going to do ? " he roared in fury , the stigmata showing livid on his face . He was ...
... Skoptsy ! The one thing I never figured on ... After preparing that port stateroom for him ... What am I going to do ? What , in God's name , am I going to do ? " he roared in fury , the stigmata showing livid on his face . He was ...
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... Skoptsy sect of White Russia , believing that sex was the root of all evil , practiced an atrocious self ... Skoptsy Colony and paid a fortune for the privilege , the initiates submitted joyously to an operation that severed the sensory ...
... Skoptsy sect of White Russia , believing that sex was the root of all evil , practiced an atrocious self ... Skoptsy Colony and paid a fortune for the privilege , the initiates submitted joyously to an operation that severed the sensory ...
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