The Terror from the Depths
The Terror from the Depths
Free DownloadCommander John Hanson challenges an appalling denizen of the watery world Hydrot.
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ll as a courageous and dependable officer. "When Mr. Correy relieves you, please inform him that I am taking a watch below, should he need me." Hydrot was looming up in the television disk, and I wished to be rested and ready for action when we landed.
* * * * *
I was awakened by an uncomfortable warmth, and when I glanced at my watch the explanation was obvious. We had penetrated the outer gaseous envelope of the world that had so recently given birth to a continent, and Correy was driving the Ertak through at reckless speed.
When I entered the navigating room, Correy glanced up guiltily at the surface-temperature gauge and then hastily saluted.
"We're reducing speed, sir," he said. "Atmosphere is rather denser than I had expected. Hendricks reports the air breathable, with a humidity of one hundred. And--tell me, sir, what do you make of the appearance of the Kabit now?"
I bent over the hooded television disk anxiously. The Kabit was in the cente
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A pretty standard space adventure. A sightseeing space liner ends up captured by a snakelike thing on a watery planet. The space patrol has to figure out how to free the ship before the passengers die.
The characters are stereotyped two-dimensional guys. No woman anywhere. The descriptions are boring. The plotting is okay.
The characters are stereotyped two-dimensional guys. No woman anywhere. The descriptions are boring. The plotting is okay.
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A new continent appears on a planet far, far away.
It is complete with a terror from below.
It holds a space ship in it\'s crasp.
Your job, free it.
It is complete with a terror from below.
It holds a space ship in it\'s crasp.
Your job, free it.
02/04/2011
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FEATURED AUTHOR - Alice K. Boatwright is the author of the Ellie Kent mysteries, which debuted with Under an English Heaven, winner of the 2016 Mystery and Mayhem Grand Prize for Best Mystery. The series continues with What Child Is This? and In the Life Ever After. Alice has also published other fiction, including Collateral Damage, three linked novellas about the Vietnam War era; Sea, Sky, Islands, a chapbook of stories set in Washington’s San Juan Islands; and Mrs. Potts Finds Thanksgiving, a holiday parable… Read more