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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... seemed most unlikely that I could be connected with the affair even if it were discovered - fortunately a gentle- man always wears gloves , and I had had mine off only to put on make - up and later during that ghastly house cleaning ...
... seemed most unlikely that I could be connected with the affair even if it were discovered - fortunately a gentle- man always wears gloves , and I had had mine off only to put on make - up and later during that ghastly house cleaning ...
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... seemed a logical certainty . Bonforte had lived through at least three assassination attempts - or so the news reports would have us believe . At least two of his escapes had seemed almost miraculous . Suppose they were not miracu- lous ...
... seemed a logical certainty . Bonforte had lived through at least three assassination attempts - or so the news reports would have us believe . At least two of his escapes had seemed almost miraculous . Suppose they were not miracu- lous ...
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... seemed to have been occupied continuously for at least a week , a pot of coffee was still hot - and wrapped in a towel on a shelf was an old - fashioned removable denture which Clifton identified as belonging to Bonforte . But Bonforte ...
... seemed to have been occupied continuously for at least a week , a pot of coffee was still hot - and wrapped in a towel on a shelf was an old - fashioned removable denture which Clifton identified as belonging to Bonforte . But Bonforte ...
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