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    Blueblood
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    Blueblood

    By Jim Harmon

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    There were two varieties of aliens—blue and bluer—but not as blue as the Earthmen!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStart Publishing LLC
    Release dateApr 26, 2016
    ISBN9781682997406
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      Blueblood - Jim Harmon

      Blueblood

      By Jim Harmon

      Start Publishing LLC

      Copyright © 2015 by Start Publishing LLC

      All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever.

      First Start Publishing eBook edition July 2015

      Start Publishing is a registered trademark of Start Publishing LLC

      Manufactured in the United States of America

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      ISBN 13: 978-1-68299-740-6

      Blueblood

      By Jim Harmon

      There were two varieties of aliens—blue and bluer—but not as blue as the Earthmen!

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      Even if I’m only a space pilot, I’m not dumb. I mean I’m not that dumb. I admit that Dr. Ellik and Dr. Chon outrank me, because that’s the way it’s got to be. A pilot is only an expendable part. But I had been the first one to see the natives on this planet, and I was the first one to point out that they came in two attractive shades of blue, light blue and dark blue.

      Four Indigos were carrying an Azure. I called the others over to the screen.

      A sedan chair, identified Lee Chon. Think the light-skinned one is a kind of a priest?

      Mike Ellik shook his head. "I

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