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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Page 76
... Emperor has sent for Mr. Bonforte . The Emperor , man ! And Mr. Bonforte is in no shape to ap- pear at an audience . They have risked a gambit - and per- haps trapped us in a checkmate ! " " Eh ? Now wait a minute . Slow up . I see what ...
... Emperor has sent for Mr. Bonforte . The Emperor , man ! And Mr. Bonforte is in no shape to ap- pear at an audience . They have risked a gambit - and per- haps trapped us in a checkmate ! " " Eh ? Now wait a minute . Slow up . I see what ...
Page 83
... Emperor well and had met him only on a few official occasions - Bon- forte's first service as Supreme Minister had been before old Emperor Frederick's death . There was no biography below the line , but just a notation , " See House of ...
... Emperor well and had met him only on a few official occasions - Bon- forte's first service as Supreme Minister had been before old Emperor Frederick's death . There was no biography below the line , but just a notation , " See House of ...
Page 102
... Emperor felt free to question the appoint- ment of Braun . Now if either one of you wants to go to the Emperor and argue with him , that's up to you . But I'm not going anywhere . I'm going to get out of this anachronistic strait jacket ...
... Emperor felt free to question the appoint- ment of Braun . Now if either one of you wants to go to the Emperor and argue with him , that's up to you . But I'm not going anywhere . I'm going to get out of this anachronistic strait jacket ...
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