Once it had been king city of a mighty empire and the center of the ancient faith; Gateway to the Gods, the old epics name it. Now it was dead, empty, deserted, only a dim ghost of its vanished splendor. Such was Ilionis, the Lost City of Mars. A somber ruin, cold and lonely. But Ilionis was not for
The Man Who Lived Forever
β Scribed by DeWitt, R;Hunger, Anna
- Publisher
- Ace Books
- Year
- 1956
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 83 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
EPUB (reworked)
His life was the world's dearest possetion - Hers the price of it
What terrors were performed in Laboratory One, that its very name could cause strong men and innocent children to tremble with fear? Only the Master knew that it was not terror that was housed behind those impregnable walls but the most precious secret of the agesβthe secret of immortality.
The safety of all humanity lay in the Masterβs silenceβyet the life of the one woman he loved hung in the balance. He could buy a new lease on her precious life at the price of the worldβs security. Only a god can resist temptationβand the Master, though he had lived a thousand years, was still a man.
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