The Friendly Killers
Unknown
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Description
Tenneshaw wrote The Friendly Killers, a science fiction story printed in Imagination in June 1958. Its problem is stated on the cover lines: how do you fight an alien race invisible to Terran eyes, when your enemy may be masquerading as an ally? The story opens with a long extract from a galactic history.
The Kel, the history says, came from nowhere known. Their silver globeships desolated Cadar and other outlying worlds without a word. The FedGov rallied, built a defence net, and passed compulsory conditioning laws. For nearly two hundred years the war stalled, since the Kel held no fixed base. Then the Kel broke through and wiped out Bejak Two. On the bastion world of Rizal, mankind faced the worst thought of all: enemies within.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Unknown |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 103 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |