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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... 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 , then me . Instead he wasted his first one on Jock and he never got a ...
... 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 , then me . Instead he wasted his first one on Jock and he never got a ...
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... followed him , then stopped with his head and shoulders out . " Tickets , please ! " he said cheer- fully . " Oh , cripes ! " Dak loosened a safety belt , reached for a pocket , got out the two field passes we had used to sneak aboard ...
... followed him , then stopped with his head and shoulders out . " Tickets , please ! " he said cheer- fully . " Oh , cripes ! " Dak loosened a safety belt , reached for a pocket , got out the two field passes we had used to sneak aboard ...
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... followed me down , the music sliding from " Kong Christian " to " Marseillaise " to " The Star - Spangled Banner " and all the others . At the first balk line I stopped and bowed , then again at the second , then at last a deep bow at ...
... followed me down , the music sliding from " Kong Christian " to " Marseillaise " to " The Star - Spangled Banner " and all the others . At the first balk line I stopped and bowed , then again at the second , then at last a deep bow at ...
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