The Sleepers Page 10

  "How’s Buster?" he rasped. Then he fell forward and would have struck the ground if Zekizawa hadn’t caught him.

  THE SLEEPERS

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  THE SHIP OF THINGS TO COME

  THE INCREDIBLE had happened. —Thus begins chapter 1, ‘The Message of the Century’, of the next episode of Perry Rhodan’s ‘diary’, It continues: In clear, uncoded text the unmistakable signature appeared on the tape. Mute. Cold. Inanimate. Yet possibly signifying a turning point in human history. —And the beat goes on. ‘Cosmic Friend & Cosmic Foe 2,000 Druuf Ships... The Most Critical Moment in the Entire History of the Human Race’... ‘When Mutants Enter the Ring... The Battle for

  Terra’. Peril from Pluto explodes, with 4,000 Springers involved, in—

  THE COLUMBUS AFFAIR

  by K. H. Scheer