
Transcriber's Note:
The Passing of Ku Sui - A Complete Novelette
By Anthony Gilmore
CHAPTER I - The Plan
CHAPTER II - Three Figures in the Dawn
CHAPTER III - The Raid
CHAPTER IV - The Voice of the Brains
CHAPTER V - "My Congratulations, Captain Carse!"
CHAPTER VI - The Deadline
CHAPTER VII - To the Laboratory
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.
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
Oct 20, 2009
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects
Best known as the shared pen name behind the fast-moving Hawk Carse adventures, this byline helped shape early magazine science fiction. The stories blend space opera energy with the pulpy excitement of the genre’s early years.
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