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First Edition 1957 Ace Books New York Publisher code: D-237 Paperback Cover illustration by Ed Emshwiller 163, 155 pages Price: $0.35 Notes This volume is a "dos-à-dos" omnibus in the Ace Double series. It also includes The Secret Visitors by James White. The image opposite and the blurb below are from the 1979 Panther Books paperback edition, ISBN 0586045635. Cover illustration by Tony Roberts.
Publisher's Blurb – Lower Cover
The brutal assassination of the Director of Population Equalization thrusts his assistant Roy Walton into the most sinister position of authority on Earth. Walton is faced with problems of cosmic proportions . . .
How can he deal with the mass revolt against Popeek's resettlement and euthanasia programmes?
Will the interstellar mission X-72 return with hope for a new Earth?
And how can Walton finally silence his embittered, jealous brother who shares his two darkest secrets? One could cripple Popeek for a long time to come. The other would destroy Walton. For ever . . . |
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