The Aab
Unknown
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Description
Ludwig wrote this Mars tale for Imagination, where it ran in February 1955. Monk O'Hara, a prospector, wakes buried to the neck in red sand. Martian tribesmen beat him, spat on him, and stole his sandcar. They left the sacks, which was their mistake.
The sacks hold Devil's Egg seed, raw stuff of the costliest narcotic in the system. Monk has enough to retire for life, if he can get free and keep it. A trader's daughter from the next tent complicates the arithmetic, and a man named Luke must somehow be eliminated. The blurb calls the puzzle the Aab, without explaining the word. Monk laughs in the sand and starts talking his way out. Ludwig writes tough, funny pulp with a schemer for a hero.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Unknown |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 14 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |