The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge by Harry Harrison - Stainless Steel Rat 02

Author:Harry Harrison - Stainless Steel Rat 02 [02, Harry Harrison - Stainless Steel Rat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: new
Published: 2011-01-15T03:59:14.781000+00:00

needed something to carry them in and opened one of the sliding doors beneath, looking for a box or a bag, and found myself staring into the frightened eyes of a young man.

"Ne mortigu min!" he cried. I speak Esperanto like a native and answered in the same tongue.

"We are here to liberate you so mean you no harm." Word of this conversation might get to the authorities and I wanted to make the right impression. "What is your name?"

"Pire."

"And the name of this world?" This seemed sort of a dim question for an arrogant invader to ask, but he was too frightened to question it.

"Burada."

"That's fine. I'm glad you decided to be truthful. And what can you tell me about Burada?"

Badly phrased, admittedly, and he was too stunned to answer. He gaped for a moment, then climbed out of the cabinet and turned to root about in it. He came up with a booklet that he passed over in silence. It had a 3D cover of an ocean with graceful trees on the bordering shore, that sprang to life as soon as the heat of my hand touched it; the waves crashed silently on the golden sands and the trees moved to the touch of unfelt breezes. Letters formed of clouds moved across the sky and I read BEAUTIFUL BURADA . . . HOLIDAY WORLD OF THE WESTERN WARP . . .

"Looting and consorting with the enemy," a familiar, and detested, voice said from the doorway. I turned slowly to see my friend the colonel from our ship standing there fingering his gauss-rifle with what can only be termed a filthy grin on his face.

"And 10 G landing too," he added, undoubtedly the real cause of his unhappiness. "Which is not a shooting offense although the other two are."

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