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John Krenner has escaped from a maximum-security prison with one purpose: to reach Jerome Markson and exact revenge for the ruin of his life. Ruthless, wounded, and driven by decades of hatred, he kills his way out, flees into the river night, and pushes through the wilderness on a grim, single-minded quest. As he moves closer, he intimidates a farm couple into treating his injured foot, stealing their clothes and their silence to keep his pursuit alive. Jerome Markson is forced to relive ...

Consignment by Alan Edward Nourse is a gripping and thought-provoking science fiction tale that explores the unsettling idea of humanity treated as something transferable—something that can be assigned, delivered, or even owned. From the very first page, the story pulls readers into a world where the concept of “consignment” carries deep and disturbing implications, setting the stage for a narrative filled with tension, curiosity, and ethical conflict.Alan Edward N...

"Sixty-Year Extension" is a science fiction novel that explores themes of longevity, human enhancement, and societal changes. The story is set in a future where significant advancements in medicine or technology have enabled people to extend their lives dramatically.The plot follows the experiences of characters who are affected by these advancements, focusing on the personal and social implications of such a dramatic increase in lifespan. The narrative examines the challenges and adjustme...

Amy Ballantine's journal begins with the return of Lambertson, her protective mentor, from a grim trip to Boston, and Amy's mind-reading gift immediately tells her how much he has endured: exhaustion, anger, and defeat. Beneath the surface of his brief account lies a struggle over her future, with Dr. Custer and the cold psychiatrist Aarons pressing for further study while Lambertson insists Amy is still a child, not a specimen to be hurried or exploited. As Amy pieces together the confron...

In a future still haunted by atomic war, engineer Roger Strang works at Barrier Base, a desperate defense project guarding North America from another catastrophe. His uneasy family life is shattered when his young son David is apparently attacked, first in a suspicious traffic incident and then in a brutal ambush outside the Base. Roger insists the danger is real, but Security chief Morrel dismisses him, and even his old friend Martin Drengo seems unable to help, deepening the atmosphere o...

At the Red Lion, James Baron is stunned when a scarred stranger named Peter Claney bluntly warns that the planned Brightside Crossing on Mercury cannot be done. Claney is the only man said to have survived an earlier attempt, and as he begins to explain, the real enemy emerges: not just faulty equipment, but Mercury itself, with its toxic atmosphere, volcanic hazards, crushing heat, and the Sun's lethal power at perihelion. Claney recounts how Tom Mikuta, driven by obsession, assembled a d...

Alan Edward Nourse was an American science fiction author. Many of his science fiction titles focused on medicine or psionics.

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After a radical life-extension procedure, Dan Griffin wakes into a body that is younger, stronger, and terrifyingly unfamiliar. Legally declared dead and granted a year as a "Free Agent," he must choose whether to reclaim his old life or become someone entirely new, even as memory gaps, altered chemistry, and a growing sense of loss make that freedom feel like a trap. What should be a medical miracle becomes a nightmare of identity and deception. Griffin discovers that the life he longed t...

Harry Zeckler is a smooth-talking Terran con man who thinks he can swindle his way through any deal—until he tries it on Altair, where land means survival and deception can be fatal. Dragged before a hostile alien court, he faces charges ranging from murder and conspiracy to sacrilege and espionage, while his weary lawyer Paul Meyerhoff watches a trial built on prejudice, performance, and alien logic rather than justice. Zeckler's defense becomes a desperate gamble when he discovers the Al...

On Venus, the great mystery is not monsters or oceans, but a planet covered in warm, colorful mud that sustains sparse vegetation and a native people who live within it as naturally as humans live on dry land. When Piper Pharmaceuticals discovers that this strange soil hides a fortune, the company moves in fast, convinced Venus will yield enormous profit. But its grand investment soon becomes a financial disaster, and corporate troubleshooter Robert Kielland is sent to find out why. What h...

In the jungle the vicious man-killer is king, but what chance would a tiger have in the Times Square traffic? Alan E. Nourse was a prolific golden age science fiction author.