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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... House of Orange . " I didn't -there simply wasn't time to plow through a few million words of Empire and pre - Empire history and , anyhow , I got fair - to - excellent marks in history when I was in school . All I wanted to know about ...
... House of Orange . " I didn't -there simply wasn't time to plow through a few million words of Empire and pre - Empire history and , anyhow , I got fair - to - excellent marks in history when I was in school . All I wanted to know about ...
Page 93
... House of Orange , with its deathless motto , " I Maintain ! " There was a big , flat desk , littered with papers . In the middle of it , held down by a pair of metal- plated baby shoes , was the original of the typed list in my pocket ...
... House of Orange , with its deathless motto , " I Maintain ! " There was a big , flat desk , littered with papers . In the middle of it , held down by a pair of metal- plated baby shoes , was the original of the typed list in my pocket ...
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... house . " I Maintain ! ' It's not a flashy rule but it is not a king's business to be flashy ; his business is to ... Orange on a convict ship . Free trade ? " " After the election , yes . " " What are you going to use for revenue ...
... house . " I Maintain ! ' It's not a flashy rule but it is not a king's business to be flashy ; his business is to ... Orange on a convict ship . Free trade ? " " After the election , yes . " " What are you going to use for revenue ...
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