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 68
... felt ill . " Brainwash ? " " Yes . Yes and no . They couldn't have been trying to make him talk because he didn't have any secrets that were of any possible political importance . He always operated out in the open and everybody knows ...
... felt ill . " Brainwash ? " " Yes . Yes and no . They couldn't have been trying to make him talk because he didn't have any secrets that were of any possible political importance . He always operated out in the open and everybody knows ...
Page 112
... felt was justifiable annoyance and said quietly , " I see Bill is on the list , Rog . " " Oh , yes . I wanted to tell you about that . You see , Chief , as we all know , there has been a certain amount of bad blood between you and Bill ...
... felt was justifiable annoyance and said quietly , " I see Bill is on the list , Rog . " " Oh , yes . I wanted to tell you about that . You see , Chief , as we all know , there has been a certain amount of bad blood between you and Bill ...
Page 124
... felt fresher . They had killed him . His enemies had killed him as cer- tainly as if they had put a knife in his ribs . Despite all that we had done , the risks we had taken , in the end they had murdered him . " Murder most foul " ! I felt ...
... felt fresher . They had killed him . His enemies had killed him as cer- tainly as if they had put a knife in his ribs . Despite all that we had done , the risks we had taken , in the end they had murdered him . " Murder most foul " ! I felt ...
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