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    The Wings of Night
    The Wings of Night
    The Wings of Night
    Audiobook43 minutes

    The Wings of Night

    Written by Lester Del Rey

    Narrated by Digital Voice Mike G

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    For the Martian race, working for humans meant a kind of slavery—toiling to extract radioactives from Mars for the benefit of humans back on Earth. They were to be paid barely enough to survive. And the exploitation would continue for generation after generation...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWildside Press
    Release dateDec 1, 2023
    ISBN9798868749575
    The Wings of Night
    Author

    Lester Del Rey

    Lester del Rey (June 2, 1915 – May 10, 1993) was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the author of many books in the juvenile Winston Science Fiction series, and the editor at Del Rey Books, the fantasy and science fiction imprint of Ballantine Books, along with his fourth wife Judy-Lynn del Rey.

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