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Randall Garrett

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A skeptical reporter gets too close to the truth in this gripping 1960s sci-fi thriller. Terrence Elshawe doesn't look like a newsman, and he doesn't think like one either. When he's assigned to cover Malcolm Porter, a disgraced genius claiming to have built a revolutionary space drive, Elshawe smells a story. The deeper he digs, the murkier things become. Porter's past is checkered, his claims are extravagant, and government officials are watching closely. What starts as a simple assignment becomes a dangerous investigation into the fine line between revolutionary genius and dangerous delusion. As tensions escalate and Porter's launch approaches, Elshawe must decide: is he exposing a fraud, or helping to silence a true visionary?

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