The Sword of Johnny Damokles

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The Sword of Johnny Damokles

by Hugh Frazier Parker

EN·~52 minutes

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Description

At Spaceport X, the thin Callistonian air swirls with dust while the distant glow of Neptune hangs over a sky darker than a mythic soul. In the cramped bar, Timmy Gordon and the hulking, quick‑witted Johnny Damokles trade barroom banter, their camaraderie tested by a drunken pilot’s sudden violence. Beneath the clamor, the quiet menace of the Tsom Clan looms, their secret weapon—a monstrous bomb—threatening a dozen worlds.

When the Director of Operations summons the pair, a covert assignment for the elite T‑Three unit emerges, demanding more than routine cargo runs. Timmy, the reluctant crew‑member, must pilot a ship beyond his licensed limits, racing toward Neptune with a mysterious third passenger in tow. The stakes are high, the clock is ticking, and the line between duty and danger begins to blur.

Details

Language

en

Duration

~52 minutes (50K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

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

Release date

2020-06-04

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

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Hugh Frazier Parker

A little-known pulp-era science fiction writer, best remembered for a single vivid adventure that throws readers into interplanetary danger on Neptune. His work has survived through reprints and Project Gutenberg, giving modern readers an easy way to rediscover his fast-moving imagination.

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