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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... Dak Broadbent was in a room . The other fellow stood up quickly , still scowl- ing , and counted out to me a fifty and five tens . I tucked it away casually without checking it and said , " I am at your disposal , gentlemen . " The big ...
... Dak Broadbent was in a room . The other fellow stood up quickly , still scowl- ing , and counted out to me a fifty and five tens . I tucked it away casually without checking it and said , " I am at your disposal , gentlemen . " The big ...
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... Dak Broadbent , " the Martian squeaked , then added , " You will tell my nest ? " " I will tell your nest , Rrringriil . ” " I thank you , Captain Dak Broadbent . " Dak reached out a long bony finger and poked it into the eye nearest ...
... Dak Broadbent , " the Martian squeaked , then added , " You will tell my nest ? " " I will tell your nest , Rrringriil . ” " I thank you , Captain Dak Broadbent . " Dak reached out a long bony finger and poked it into the eye nearest ...
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... Dak Broadbent . For reasons of his own - not my reasons ! -he had almost got me killed , then had crowded me into covering up a crime , made me a fugitive from justice . But we had evaded the police , temporarily at least , and now ...
... Dak Broadbent . For reasons of his own - not my reasons ! -he had almost got me killed , then had crowded me into covering up a crime , made me a fugitive from justice . But we had evaded the police , temporarily at least , and now ...
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