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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... told it I could never go back to Earth , and I said so . He shook his head . " Not at all . Leave it to me and we will slide you back in as neatly as we slid you out . Eventually you will walk off that field or some other field with a ...
... told it I could never go back to Earth , and I said so . He shook his head . " Not at all . Leave it to me and we will slide you back in as neatly as we slid you out . Eventually you will walk off that field or some other field with a ...
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... told you that I was the man for it ? " " Yes . You - and one other . " This was another good place for me to keep my mouth shut . But I could not have done so if my life had depended on it - which in a way it did . I just had to know ...
... told you that I was the man for it ? " " Yes . You - and one other . " This was another good place for me to keep my mouth shut . But I could not have done so if my life had depended on it - which in a way it did . I just had to know ...
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... told me about it I felt sick , realizing that my stiff - necked attitude had us all in acute danger . I told him so . He shook his head . " But he knows it all ! It was his scheme from the start . Look at the load of dirt he can haul ...
... told me about it I felt sick , realizing that my stiff - necked attitude had us all in acute danger . I told him so . He shook his head . " But he knows it all ! It was his scheme from the start . Look at the load of dirt he can haul ...
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