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The Edge of the Knife, by Henry Beam Piper
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Title: The Edge of the Knife
Author: Henry Beam Piper
Release Date: June 14, 2006 [EBook #18584]
Language: English
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This etext was produced from Amazing Stories, May 1957. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the copyright on this publication was renewed.
THE EDGE
OF THE
KNIFE
By H. BEAM PIPER
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Chalmers stopped talking abruptly, warned by the sudden attentiveness of the class in front of him. They were all staring; even Guellick, in the fourth row, was almost half awake. Then one of them, taking his silence as an invitation to questions found his voice.
"You say Khalid ib'n Hussein's been assassinated?" he asked incredulously. "When did that happen?"
[Illustration: There was