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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... kill the Chief - or to kill you when you are doubling for the Chief . They are playing rough - as you know ! -and they would kill me , or even Penny , for the slightest advantage . They would kill you right now , if they could get at ...
... kill the Chief - or to kill you when you are doubling for the Chief . They are playing rough - as you know ! -and they would kill me , or even Penny , for the slightest advantage . They would kill you right now , if they could get at ...
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... 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 ... kill this one human being to keep him from being adopted , that's another kettle of fish entirely . Matter of ...
... 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 ... kill this one human being to keep him from being adopted , that's another kettle of fish entirely . Matter of ...
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... kill them in their prime . But me , I don't have to run things ; I have a professional like yourself to do it for me . And you don't have the killing pressure either ; you , or those in your shoes , can always quit if things get too ...
... kill them in their prime . But me , I don't have to run things ; I have a professional like yourself to do it for me . And you don't have the killing pressure either ; you , or those in your shoes , can always quit if things get too ...
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