" Perry Rhodan 0032 - (24) Infinity Flight" - читать интересную книгу автора (Perry Rhodan)

In search of a super-weapon with which to rescue his Mutants from the Springers on Ice Planet, Perry is
en route through the space-time continuum to the Planet of Eternal Life when he lands on Barkon.



Shortly after the beginning of time the first civilised being had developed on Barkon. Their power
expanded through the Universe, until suddenly their planet left orbit and reappeared in the farthest known
galaxy. Now, hollowing out the planet to convert it into a titanic worldship, the Barkonides intend to
returnтАж



This is the stirring story ofтАУ


INFINITY FLIGHT


1/ TheStardust & The Star



The alien ship was not alone.

It was accompanied by seven others of its kind.

Its kind: gigantic, obvious at first sight not built by human hand. Nine hundred feet long with a diameter
of 150 feet. Huge barrel shape rounded in front, blunted at end. Light shimmering at regular intervals from
its circular windows.

And behind those round windows, giant square-shaped shadowsтАж moving.



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Fifteen light-hours out, the fleet orbited the sun, observing its planets with sensitive instruments. The
spacecraft were operated by creatures who had never set foot on Earth. They little resembled human
beings.

They called no planet home; their homeland was the universe. They lived in their ships and carried on
trade with all the intelligent races of the space realm. They loved peace only when it profited them.
Should war hold greater promise of financial gain, they made certain to foment it.

They were both tolerant and authoritarian; they had a great sense of humour but at the same time were
characterized by their unrelenting ruthlessness if ever anyone dared thwart them in matters of enterprise.
And exactly this had just occurred!