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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... close the back of your mouth , or you hiss like a teakettle , since the durn thing operates on a pressure difference . Fortunately the pilot equalized to Mars - surface pressure once we all had our masks on , which gave me twenty ...
... close the back of your mouth , or you hiss like a teakettle , since the durn thing operates on a pressure difference . Fortunately the pilot equalized to Mars - surface pressure once we all had our masks on , which gave me twenty ...
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... close horizon , showing no shore line beyond . Straight ahead of us was the Nest of Kkkah , a fairy city . I was staring at it , my heart lifting at its fragile beauty , when Dak moved suddenly . We were well past the traffic around the ...
... close horizon , showing no shore line beyond . Straight ahead of us was the Nest of Kkkah , a fairy city . I was staring at it , my heart lifting at its fragile beauty , when Dak moved suddenly . We were well past the traffic around the ...
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... close to bawling himself . I said gently , " I gathered from Penny that they had roughed him up quite a lot . How badly is he hurt ? " " Huh ? You must have misunderstood Penny . Aside from being filthy - dirty and needing shave he was ...
... close to bawling himself . I said gently , " I gathered from Penny that they had roughed him up quite a lot . How badly is he hurt ? " " Huh ? You must have misunderstood Penny . Aside from being filthy - dirty and needing shave he was ...
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