Picnic on Paradise (1968)

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Hurled through time to a strange future world where unseen forces clashed in an inexplicable war, Trans-Temporal Agent Alyx was given the job of guiding eight very important tourists to a station of safety. Alyx seemed exactly right for the job: she was tough, resourceful, and exerienced in the hard hand-to-hand fighting of Earth's barbaric past. But when she found what traps and dangers she faced in this gleaming tomorrow, even Alyx began to fear...

ISBN:: 9780356029382
Length:: 157 pages

Genres: science fiction

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