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The weapon makers

by A. E. van Vogt

When the discovery of interstellar travel threatens the delicate peace between the Imperial Isher Dynasty and the Weapons Shops, double agent Captain Robert Hedrock is hunted by both factions as he attempts to avert an interplanetary war.

Accession 9054 ISBN 0450045153 Publisher New English Library
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