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    The Hour of Battle
    The Hour of Battle
    The Hour of Battle
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    The Hour of Battle

    By Roy G. Krenkel and Robert Sheckley

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 25, 2013
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      The Hour of Battle - Roy G. Krenkel

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      Title: The Hour of Battle

      Author: Robert Sheckley

      Illustrator: Roy Gerald Krenkel

      Release Date: July 18, 2009 [EBook #29445]

      Language: English

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      THE HOUR

      OF BATTLE

      BY ROBERT SHECKLEY

      ILLUSTRATED BY KRENKEL

      As one of the Guardian ships protecting Earth, the crew had a problem to solve. Just how do you protect a race from an enemy who can take over a man's mind without seeming effort or warning?

      That hand didn't move, did it? Edwardson asked, standing at the port, looking at the stars.

      No, Morse said. He had been staring fixedly at the Attison Detector for over an hour. Now he blinked three times rapidly, and looked again. Not a millimeter.

      I don't think it moved either, Cassel added, from behind the gunfire panel. And that was that. The slender black hand of the indicator rested unwaveringly on zero. The ship's guns were ready, their black mouths open to the stars. A steady hum filled the room. It came from the Attison Detector, and the sound was reassuring. It reinforced

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