'Mid Pleasures and Palaces

'Mid Pleasures and Palaces

'Mid Pleasures and PalacesIt was, Kirk thought, like standing in a gully, watching a boulder teeter precariously...
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Author: McKimmey, James,1923-2011
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Language: English
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'Mid Pleasures and Palaces

'Mid Pleasures and Palaces

$224.21 $15.12

'Mid Pleasures and Palaces

$224.21 $15.12
Author: McKimmey, James,1923-2011
Format: eBook
Language: English

'Mid Pleasures and Palaces

It was, Kirk thought, like standing in a gully, watching a boulder teeter precariously above you. It might fall at any minute, crushing your life out instantly beneath its weight. Your only possible defenses are your brain and voicebut how do you argue with a boulder which neither sees nor hears? This planet was remote and set apart, and nothing about it had made William Kirk think he might find human life. Yet just beyond, through a thorny bush shaped like an exploding rose, Kirk had seen eyes and nose and a flash of yellow hair that were definitely human. Kirk poised motionless. He was three miles from the rocket and Leo, who was waiting inside of it. He thought for a moment of how Leo had told him, as they made their landing, that this is the kind of planet where you could go no further. This is the kind of planet that could be the end of twelve years, and you'd better be careful, William, old sport. Kirk noticed a faint breeze; his palms were wet, and they cooled when the breeze touched them. He placed his palms against his jacket. Damn you, Leo, he thought. Damn your rotten fortune-telling. Kirk was superstitious when he was in space, and the memory of Leo Mason's cool, quiet voice saying "Watch it now, sport. Be careful, be careful ..." seemed now like some certain kiss of fate. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 31703
Author: McKimmey, James
Release Date: Mar 19, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Illustrator: Parsons, Philip B

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