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The mind cage

by A. E. van Vogt

A government official finds his consciousness transferred into the body of a condemned scientist during a desperate laboratory experiment. Trapped in the form of a fugitive, he must navigate the consequences of his new identity while being pursued by the state.

Accession 8598 ISBN 0586011129 Publisher Panther
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