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The Monster, by S. M. Tenneshaw
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Title: The Monster
Author: S. M. Tenneshaw
Release Date: March 25, 2008 [EBook #24913]
Language: English
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The MONSTER
By S. M. TENNESHAW
What will cosmic rays do to a living organism? Will they destroy life, or produce immortality? The eminent Dr. Blair Gaddon thought he knew ...
Fred Trent pulled his coupe into the curb and leaned his head out the open window beside him.
"Hi, Joan, need any help?"
He called to a trim-looking girl in a nurse's uniform. Joan Drake was holding on to a leash with both hands, and her slender body was tugging against the leash as she strained against the pull of a Great Dane on the other end.
She looked over her shoulder as Trent called out, her blonde hair glinting in the warm afternoon sunlight. Blue eyes smiled an impish greeting at him.
"Hello, Fred. No thanks. Brutus and I get along famously."
Trent opened the car door and got out. He walked up the sidewalk and stood beside the girl.
[Illustration: They watched as white-hot flames shot from the base of the cradled rocket. There was a tremendous roaring, and then