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 48
... Goddard City ; we're sure of that . He hasn't been taken off Mars , or even out in the country . We blocked them on that , if that was their in- tention . " " Eh ? Goddard City is not a big place , is it ? Not more than a hundred ...
... Goddard City ; we're sure of that . He hasn't been taken off Mars , or even out in the country . We blocked them on that , if that was their in- tention . " " Eh ? Goddard City is not a big place , is it ? Not more than a hundred ...
Page 49
... Goddard City was waiting for us when we settled into free fall . All five of us went down , which just filled the passenger couches - again a matter of plan- ning , for the Resident Commissioner had expressed the in- tention of coming ...
... Goddard City was waiting for us when we settled into free fall . All five of us went down , which just filled the passenger couches - again a matter of plan- ning , for the Resident Commissioner had expressed the in- tention of coming ...
Page 61
... Goddard City , with Dak at the wheel . I felt lucky to have been left behind ; voyageurs should not be allowed to drive anything but spaceships . They went to the address the driver had given them , in Old Town under the original bubble ...
... Goddard City , with Dak at the wheel . I felt lucky to have been left behind ; voyageurs should not be allowed to drive anything but spaceships . They went to the address the driver had given them , in Old Town under the original bubble ...
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