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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... minutes ; the three men who were to go back in the Can Do were crowding into the transfer lock even as Dak and I ... minutes ! Red warning ! Two gravities ! Three minutes ! " Then the hooting started again . Through the racket I heard ...
... minutes ; the three men who were to go back in the Can Do were crowding into the transfer lock even as Dak and I ... minutes ! Red warning ! Two gravities ! Three minutes ! " Then the hooting started again . Through the racket I heard ...
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... minutes ! " I tried to look around but the drug made me even more confused . My eyeballs did feel hot and my teeth ... minute ! Knock off those pinochle games and spread your fat carcasses - we're goin ' to smoke ! " The hoot- ing was ...
... minutes ! " I tried to look around but the drug made me even more confused . My eyeballs did feel hot and my teeth ... minute ! Knock off those pinochle games and spread your fat carcasses - we're goin ' to smoke ! " The hoot- ing was ...
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... minutes to spare , " he said happily . " This is a nice car . I wish I owned it . Rog , ease up a touch and give me room . " Clifton did so , Dak chopped the driver expertly on the side of his neck with the edge of his hand ; the man ...
... minutes to spare , " he said happily . " This is a nice car . I wish I owned it . Rog , ease up a touch and give me room . " Clifton did so , Dak chopped the driver expertly on the side of his neck with the edge of his hand ; the man ...
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