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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... Jock , pay him . " " For what ? " " Pay him ! " I now knew which one was boss - although , as I was to learn , there was usually little doubt when Dak Broadbent was in a room . The other fellow stood up quickly , still scowl- ing , and ...
... Jock , pay him . " " For what ? " " Pay him ! " I now knew which one was boss - although , as I was to learn , there was usually little doubt when Dak Broadbent was in a room . The other fellow stood up quickly , still scowl- ing , and ...
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... Jock ! He has to know . " " He doesn't have to know now - and here . And you haven't any right to jeopardize everybody else by telling him . You don't know a thing about him . " " It's a calculated risk . " Broadbent turned back to me ...
... Jock ! He has to know . " " He doesn't have to know now - and here . And you haven't any right to jeopardize everybody else by telling him . You don't know a thing about him . " " It's a calculated risk . " Broadbent turned back to me ...
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... Jock still had the life wand cradled in his dead arms . The human who had followed that stinking , reeking thing into the room had to step to one side before he could get in a shot - and he made a mistake . He should have shot Dak first ...
... Jock still had the life wand cradled in his dead arms . The human who had followed that stinking , reeking thing into the room had to step to one side before he could get in a shot - and he made a mistake . He should have shot Dak first ...
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