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The Shadow Was Gone. Allcinni changed her mind fast enough. It was her own
special peripheral vision that saved her, when movement caught her
eye-movement in a doorway ten meters away. She had turned halfway around when
she knew what she was seeing: a man leveling a weapon. Reflexes took over.
Without finishing the turn, she threw her go-bag. And an eye-searing light
flooded the corridor as a plasmer beam reduced the flying satchel to
rapidly-diffusing molecules and a few charred bits large enough to fall. Lord
of Light-he's using a pulsar beamer! Already she was snatching up and throwing
her boots. She drove herself after them while they were still in the air. One
boot smacked heel-first into Shadow's forehead. His next shot, incredibly, was
a stopper beam, aimed for Aianni's head . . . SPACEWAYS #1 OF ALIEN
BONDAGE #2 CORUNDUM'S WOMAN #3 ESCAPE FROM MACHO #4 SATANA ENSLAVED #5
MASTER OF MISFIT #6 PURRFECT PLUNDER #7 THE MANHUNTRESS #8 UNDER TWIN
SUNS #9 IN QUEST OF QALARA #10 THE YOKE OF SHEN #11 THE ICEWORLD
CONNECTION #12 STAR SLAVER #13 JONUTA RISING! #14 ASSIGNMENT:
HELLHOLE BERKLEY BOOKS, NEW YORK The poem Scarlet Hills copyright (c) 1982
by Ann Morris; used by permission of the author. SPACEWAYS #14: ASSIGNMENT:
HELLHOLE A Berkley Book / published by arrangement with the author PRINTING
HISTORY Berkley edition / November 1983 All rights reserved. Copyright (c)
1983 by John Cleve. Cover illustration by Ken Barr. This book may not be
reproduced in whole or in part, by mimeograph or any other means, without
permission. For information address: The Berkley Publishing Group, 200 Madison
Avenue, New York, New York, 10016. ISBN: 0-425-06407-7 A BERKLEY BOOK (r) TM
757,375 The name "BERKLEY" and the stylized "B" with design are trademarks
belonging to Berkley Publishing Corporation. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA for the Atlanta Connection, Jeff & Kathy A: All planets are not
shown. B: Map is not to scale, because of the vast distances between
stars. SCARLET HILLS Alas, fair ones, my time has come. I must depart your
lovely home- Seek the bounds of this galaxy To find what lies
beyond. (chorus) Scarlet hills and amber skies, Gentlebeings with loving
eyes; All these I leave to search for a dream That will cure the wand'rer in
me. You say it must be glamorous For those who travel out through space. You
know not the dark, endless night Nor the solitude we face. (reprise
chorus) I know not of my journey's end Nor the time nor toll it will have me
spend. But I must see what I've never seen And know what I've never
known. Scarlet hills and amber skies, Gentlebeings with loving eyes; All
these I leave to search for a dream That will cure the wand'rer in me. -Ann
Morris Cults come and go. They've been coming and going for too many
thousands of years. They're better when they are going, and humanity is a lot
better off then, too. -Carnadyne of Iceworld TGO or not TGO, that is the
answer. -Trafalgar Cuw 1 Alanni Keor drove the tractor onto the dike at the
south end of the greaseroot paddy. She kept going until the seeder fell into
place at the end of its hitch behind the tractor. By the time she could stop
the rig with everything on solid ground, she was nearly out of dike. The day
was warm, though not quite hot. The work certainly wasn't as bad as it would