Killer Planet

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The year is 2194 AD and it is now more than two centuries since men and women took their first hesitant steps into the vastness of space.

At first there were the tiny hops to the Moon, accomplished in ridiculously flimsy metal shells; then with advancing technology came the manned flights to Mars. Soon afterwards the invention of the Gemmell drive enabled the great spaceships from Earth to leap instantaneously from star to star. And now, suddenly, human beings are embarking on the ultimate adventure—the exploration of the galaxy.

Inevitably, there are awesome dangers.

In addition to the risks of space flight itself, there are myriads of deadly alien life forms to contest the ownership of each newly discovered world. It is as though Nature has set out to test her ingenuity at devising strange and terrible ways for brave men and women to die; as though this is the price they have to pay for daring to pit themselves against the immensities of the universe.

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