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Man the Martians Made, by Frank Belknap Long
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Title: The Man the Martians Made
Author: Frank Belknap Long
Release Date: July 17, 2009 [EBook #29432]
Language: English
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If Frank Belknap Long is not one of the deans of science fiction writers, there can certainly be no dispute that he is high on the faculty board. His pen is indefatigable, it seems, and his characters come alive as with few other writers. We're sure you'll like this new suspenseful tale of his.
the man the martians made
by ... Frank Belknap Long
No mortal had ever seen the Martians, but they had heard their whisperings--without knowing the terrible secret they kept hidden.
There was death in the camp.
I knew when I awoke that it had come to stand with us in the night and was waiting now for the day to break and flood the desert with light. There was a prickling at the base of my scalp and I was drenched with cold sweat.
I had an impulse to leap up and go stumbling about in the darkness. But I disciplined myself. I crossed my arms and waited for the sky to grow bright.
Daybreak on Mars is like