Rogue Planet (Space: 1999, Book 9)
E. C. Tubb
Language: English
Pages: 96
ISBN: 0213166321
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
"TURN BACK, FOR DEATH AWAITS YOU!"
The chill warning echoes from the depths of the unknown, shattering the icy silence of space. But the bold Alphans must spin faster and faster toward an electrifying confrontation with their unknown enemy.
Ageless against the stars stands Omphalos.
A giant green "brain," this galactic monster spins a web of deadly horrors, trapping Alpha in a ghastly psychic war!
situation, just find a way to live with it. We know, for example, that some force is inducing mental derangement by some form of cortical stimulus. We can’t prevent it as yet, but perhaps we can negate its effects in some way.’ ‘With drugs?’ ‘If possible.’ She set aside the coffee. ‘Can you think of anything which would do?’ ‘We have quite a selection,’ he said. ‘Alcohol, for example, the ancient anaesthetic. It is a depressant and throws the motor system all to hell if enough is taken. It
spare moment she’s had she’s been working on costumes and make-up and all the rest of it. Right, Sandra?’ ‘That is right, Paul.’ ‘I said she should try for a part. She would make a fine Desdemona, right, David?’ Kano smiled with a display of teeth startlingly white against the rich brownness of his skin. ‘That’s right,’ he agreed. ‘And I’d make a good Othello.’ ‘The best. And you, Commander? What part do you fancy?’ The part of Moses, of bringing his people home safe from the wilderness, but
‘From the missing men, obviously, but where are they?’ ‘A door,’ snapped Koenig. ‘Look for a door.’ Helena found it, spotting the thin lines depicting the octagonal opening, catching the outline in a shift of the light. Koenig dropped to his knees and lowered his helmet to the floor. Staring over the surface, he saw little scuffs in the fine tracery of dust. ‘This is it. Victor, how can we get it open?’ Bergman said dubiously, ‘I’m not sure, John. We’ll need lasers and drills at least. If we
that I was retching, then seemed to be falling, and then there was nothing. It was odd in a way. As if, at the end, nothing really mattered. That all the struggle and fear were over. And then—’ He broke off then added slowly, ‘I was dead. Dead and you resurrected me.’ Her hand reached for another hypodermic, this one loaded with a tranquiliser. She had won the battle with death before and knew what could so easily happen. The resurgence of life, the euphoria, the biological reaction which
reverse process will apply. It will shrink as it consumes its own bulk. Men do the same, John. And stars. It seems to be a universal law.’ Eat or starve. Grow or wither. Kill or die! Koenig glanced at the screens, the instruments facing Morrow where he sat, the tell-tales and monitors of the consol. The base was on Red Alert, ground defences standing by, engineers ready to wring the last erg of power from all generators and to maintain a maximum flow no matter what the cost. ‘Three minutes.’