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Fanner Marston was raised a slave as a child, became a petty street thief as a teen, and now masters his own craft and crew as a grown man. He's also gone completely mad. Driven by privation, with a vicious greed and slavering lust for power, Marston alone of forty men has survived the... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Fanner Marston: Main character in The Great Secret. Not exactly the type of person you want to take to dinner.
- Lieutenant Carter: Main character in the Space Can. Man of integrity, but in a potentially compromising situation
- Ginger Cranston: The hunter in a living nightmare, tracking the Beast
- Voris Shapadin: Villian in the piece - a truly gross slave catcher. Not someone you want tracking you down.
- Ensign Wayton: Add a description of this character.
- Dana
- Kree Lorin
- Ambu
- Mr. Gates
- Ensign Gates
- Hannibal Pertwee
- Leonard Caulborn
Quotes edit
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“So certain had he been in his posession of this confidence that he had never wondered about fear, had found only contempt for those who were so weak as to feel that lowly emotion.And now, Ginger Cranston woke up afraid.”
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If thou, O Man, would rule the worlds, the All, First learn thou, the folly of matter and the material lusts.
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Parva, dead, beautiful city of the ancients, city of the blessed, city of knowledge and power.
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Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
Sweeping clouds shadowed the tawny plain, and far off in the east the plumes of night spread gently, mournfully, burying the corpse of the Livian day.
Table of Contents edit
The Great Secret
Space Can
The Beast
The Slaver
Glossary edit
- brutes: Animals, not human beings.
- crackbrain: A foolish, senseless or insane person.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Stories from the Golden Age. (publisher series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- L. Ron Hubbard (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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