Action on Azura

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Action on Azura

by Robertson Osborne

EN·~1 hours

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Description

A daring expedition from Contact Incorporated hurtles toward the scarred world of Azura, a planet still trembling from a recent, brutal invasion. The crew—led by seasoned captain James Gordon and featuring an uneasy linguist fresh from Earth’s central hub—must navigate a battered ship, a shattered atmosphere and the lingering threat of the mysterious “Invader” culture that once razed the planet’s cities.

As the vessel drops into orbit, the team confronts a hostile native population that shuns any outside presence, while the remnants of alien war machines loom in the distance. Their task is delicate: use unfamiliar technology to probe the darkness, establish communication, and perhaps secure a foothold that could earn Earth a priceless million‑credit contract. Yet the uneasy mix of seasoned scouts and an academically inclined linguist hints at both tension and unexpected insight as they prepare for their first steps onto Azura’s unsettled surface.

Details

Language

en

Duration

~1 hours (81K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

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

Release date

2020-11-27

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

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Robertson Osborne

A little-known science fiction writer from the pulp-magazine era, he is remembered for a small body of adventurous speculative fiction. His work appeared in mid-20th-century genre publications, giving him a modest but real place in classic SF history.

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