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 45
... better of it , came slowly back and sat down , her hands in her lap but with her face that of a little girl who is " saving up more spit . " I let her sit for a moment , then said quietly , " Yes , Miss Russell , I am an actor . Is that ...
... better of it , came slowly back and sat down , her hands in her lap but with her face that of a little girl who is " saving up more spit . " I let her sit for a moment , then said quietly , " Yes , Miss Russell , I am an actor . Is that ...
Page 49
... better served - and with less risk - just by killing him ? " I was thinking queasily how simple it had turned out to be to get rid of a body , if a man was ruthless enough . " I see what you mean . But that , too , is tied up with ...
... better served - and with less risk - just by killing him ? " I was thinking queasily how simple it had turned out to be to get rid of a body , if a man was ruthless enough . " I see what you mean . But that , too , is tied up with ...
Page 114
... better than I did . We heard nothing from him or about him and the campaign went ahead as usual , getting rougher all the time , but with not a peep to show that our giant hoax was compromised . I began to feel better and buckled down ...
... better than I did . We heard nothing from him or about him and the campaign went ahead as usual , getting rougher all the time , but with not a peep to show that our giant hoax was compromised . I began to feel better and buckled down ...
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