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Children of the Lens : the sixth novel of the Lensman series /​ E.E. 'Doc' Smith

by E. E. Smith

In the concluding volume of the Lensman series, the five exceptionally gifted children of Kimball and Clarrissa Kinnison must use their extraordinary mental abilities to bring a final end to the Boskonian war.

Accession 9173 ISBN 0586038477 Publisher Panther
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