Max Smart and the Perilous Pellets (Get Smart, Book 4)
William Johnston
Language: English
Pages: 88
ISBN: B0006BNMBW
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
As Agent 86 for Control, Max Smart has often matched wits with the evil operatives of KAOS, while the fate of the whole free world hung in the balance. But now, assigned to Operation Button, Button, Who'll Punch the Button, he's faced with another terrifying challenge, for this time it's the fate of Control that hangs in the balance—and that means Max's job is endangered!
Through a spectacular stroke of good luck, Control has in its possession KAOS's Little Black Book, with complete details of the location, layout and operational structure of every one of KAOS's installations. Control also has a powerful explosive, so tiny that it can be concealed in any target area and detonated from afar. Thus it is in Control's power to destroy KAOS completely.
But through a spectacular stroke of bad luck, KAOS has in its possession Control's Little Black Book, filled with its top-secret locations, and KAOS has also developed a similarly powerful explosive.
The race is on—who is going to infiltrate the opposing installations and push the button first? Will it be shrewd, clever Max Smart, or will it be the sly and sneaky KAOS men? And what will be the dire consequences—for with Max Smart in on the action, you just know the consequences will be very dire indeed!
center of the room. Dr. Yeh! seated himself on the collapsible throne he had brought along. “Just relax,” one of the ballet dancers whispered to Max. “We’ll do all the work. You just fly.” “Fine,” Max whispered back. “I think I can handle— Fly?” “There’s nothing to it. Just—” “On with the ballet!” Dr. Yeh! shouted. One of the dancers stepped forward, facing Dr. Yeh! “This is a new routine we’ve worked out,” she announced. “It’s titled ‘The Birth, Life and Death of the Count of Monte Cristo
It’s an electric toothbrush.” “Oh.” “Well, still, it’ll come in handy,” Max said. “As I recall, we didn’t brush after lunch.” Max went back to the bag. He held up a tiny metal box. “Now, here’s something for the man who has everything,” he said. “A six-ounce container of superactivated rust.” “Rust, Max?” “Yes, you know—the stuff that eats away iron bars.” “Max, if it eats away iron bars, why couldn’t we—” “Just a second, 99. I think I’ve just had an idea that may save our lives. If rust
will bind and gag you,” he said to the short one. “Couldn’t it be the other way around?” the tall one said. “She looks like a faster binder and gagger than you.” “Now look,” Max said irritably, “if we’re going to have a lot of bickering about this, we’ll just call the whole thing off.” The two young men immediately fell silent. Max and 99 bound and gagged them, then took their identification papers. “According to this I.D.,” Max said, “I am now Ronald J. Macy, VII. Who are you, 99?”
lowered his voice again. “One of our junior executives has pointed out that we’re part of the world,” he explained. “If we blow up the world, we’ll blow ourselves up, too. That’s the one weak spot in our plan. Don’t let it get out.” “No one will hear it from me,” Max promised. They had reached a room. Dr. Medulla opened the door, then led the party inside. On a stretcher was a human robot. “That fellow looks familiar,” Max frowned. “Of course,” Dr. Medulla smiled. “He was designed to look
“I think that’s what I said, 99.” He picked up the black satchel and he headed for the door. “Let’s get out of here. I can almost feel that medal pinned on my chest already. It stings. I think the Chief pinned it right onto my skin.” “Max—wait!” “Well, what is it, 99?” Max asked, halting. “Our mission isn’t completed, Max. Not while that human robot still exists. Max, we have a duty to the world. We have to destroy that robot.” “I don’t see why, 99,” Max frowned. “The Chief didn’t say