The Passing of Ku Sui

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The Passing of Ku Sui

by Anthony Gilmore

EN·~3 hours·18 chapters

Chapters

18 total
1

Transcriber's Note:

0:20
2

The Passing of Ku Sui - A Complete Novelette

0:02
3

By Anthony Gilmore

0:30
4

CHAPTER I - The Plan

11:59
5

CHAPTER II - Three Figures in the Dawn

15:25
6

CHAPTER III - The Raid

10:44
7

CHAPTER IV - The Voice of the Brains

17:23
8

CHAPTER V - "My Congratulations, Captain Carse!"

14:30
9

CHAPTER VI - The Deadline

6:18
10

CHAPTER VII - To the Laboratory

9:58

Description

In a future where humanity’s reach stretches from Saturn’s rings to hidden asteroids, the story opens with a spectacular showdown between two larger‑than‑life figures: the daring space‑captain Hawk Carse and the enigmatic Eurasian scientist Dr. Ku Sui. Carse, a lean‑built commander with icy gray eyes, is driven by a personal vendetta—he seeks to expose Ku Sui’s illicit isuan drug empire and restore the tarnished reputation of his fallen colleague, the brilliant scientist Eliot Leithgow. Ku Sui, elegant and composed, guards a macabre treasure: the preserved brains of five Earth geniuses, kept alive in a sleek, secret laboratory that could reshape scientific power across the solar system.

Against a backdrop of roaring rockets, invisible asteroids, and covert space‑suits, the narrative follows Carse’s desperate plan to breach Ku Sui’s hidden lair and reclaim the stolen knowledge. The early chapters pulse with high‑stakes intrigue and moral clash, setting the stage for a relentless chase that will test loyalties, reveal hidden technologies, and hint at a cosmic rivalry that could echo far beyond Earth’s shadow.

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Language

en

Duration

~3 hours (186K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2009-10-20

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

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Anthony Gilmore

Behind this name was a two-person team who helped shape early pulp science fiction. The stories signed "Anthony Gilmore" launched the fast-moving Hawk Carse adventures and left a small but memorable mark on the genre.

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