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Perry Rhodan 18


Menace of the Mutant Master

by

Kurt Mahr



Chapter 1

THE IMPOSSIBLE EXPLOSIONS

Great risk always accompanied Perry Rhodan on his missions in space.

One day he might be the victim of a crippling accident. Even a killing one.

Or meet his master.

Then Col. Freyt would have to try to fill his spacesuit.

So the colonel smiled as he spoke the words, `The boss's arrival is scheduled for shortly after midnight,' and his relief that Rhodan was coming back was evident to his adjutant. Terrania, the Gobi base of the New Power, would breathe easier with its leader safely back.

Freyt was convinced that the survival of the artificial political structure known as the New Power was dependent on Perry Rhodan's continued existence. And much more: the welfare of the entire human race. Which was why Freyt was rejoicing that Rhodan had emerged once again safe and sound from one of his interplanetary adventures and was now on his way back to Earth.

`No official reception, as usual, I suppose?' ventured the adjutant.

`As usual,' confirmed the colonel.




Terrania, the capital of the New Power, established in the heart of the great Gobi desert, was a city in growth. It currently numbered half a million inhabitants.

Science had transformed the climate. Artificial rainfall, produced according to need, changed 15,000 square miles of hilly desert country into an ever green and flowering garden. Terrania was indisputably one of the most beautiful cities of the world.

In the immediate vicinity of the metropolis rose the shining energy dome which housed and protected the actual center of the New Power. The vibrations of the dome would ward off any hostile attempt to approach the heart of the new city.




Shortly after midnight, in anticipation of Rhodan's arrival, Freyt and his adjutant left the administration building and the energy barrier.

The colonel and his aide walked along the outskirts of the city and saw the flat buildings at the edge of the rocketport loom up in the dim light of the stars.