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In the 22nd Century Earth was controlled by a cabal of genetic freaks, superior to "normal" men because of their powers of telepathy and precognition. Mere ordinary men didn't have a chance. Suddenly, however, there was one ray of hope-Thors Provoni was coming back. Provoni had stolen a spaceship, escaped from Earth and gone out to the stars in search of another intelligent race that would help end the slavery of Homo sapiens-he had been given up for lost. He was coming back now with the representative of a powerful alien race that would champion the rights of man. Who was this inhuman savior? And what was the price of this friend from Frolix 8?
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"...and call me Conrad!" Such was the only comment that Conrad Nimikos would make on his life-history, an enigma that faded out in lost records and obscurity a few decades back. There were those who said he had since had a different name, that of the liberator of Earth, the man who had fought the star-empire of Vega to a standoff. And some even said that he had had other names, stretching back through centuries...But Conrad wouldn't talk about his past. For the future was at stake now-the future of Earth and her peoples, as the Vegans returned on a mission which would decide for all time the place of Earth among the worlds of the stars.
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The creatures from Saturn's moon could appear human or inhuman, at will. And the elaborate contest they set up with the remnants of Earth's humanity was just as treacherous. For though the war had been fought to a stalemate, the unending series of gambles could upset that truce-and end the world.
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The Druggish were much better at their job than all the king's horses had been with Humpty Dumpty. First, the Druggish simply disassembled Edward Berner--tissue by tissue, nerve by nerve. In tanks they stored the million remnants and shreds that had been Berner, and they changed his brain into a fantastic recording device. Then they simply put him back together. Sinew by sinew, cell by cell. But it was not the same Edi Berner. The new Ed Berner was stronger, healthier--stronger and healthier than any other man. And with a sexual appetite and a promised life-span greater than anyone on earth. He was very nearly invincible. Very nearly. Unfortunately, there was a deadly flaw. The Druggish had forgotten to make the new Ed Berner a wiser one.
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Cottrell and Bixby had what seemed a hopeless mission: defend civilization againt an onslaught by the Tinkers. There seems to be supernatural forces working for the enemy.
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T.J. Newton is an extraterrestrial who goes to Earth on a desperate mission of mercy. But instead of aid, Newton discovers loneliness and despair that ultimately ends in tragedy.
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