
YOU CAN'T BUY ETERNITY! - By Dwight V. Swain
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
A battered carrier crashes into the endless dust‑storms of Venus, spilling its lone occupant onto a hostile, powder‑filled plain. Disoriented and bleeding, the man scrambles for cover as a sleek, short‑range cruiser descends, its amplified commands echoing through the alien winds. The chase is immediate, a tense cat‑and‑mouse across eroded rock formations, with the stranded pilot forced to hide behind a grotesque stone pillar.
From the cruiser, a frantic female voice pleads for his surrender, invoking the infamous adjudicator Pike Mawson and the coveted “life catalyst” the pilot helped create. She warns that powerful enemies—government bounty hunters and a notorious Belt slaver—are converging on him, offering a desperate bargain that could spare his life. The opening sets a gritty, high‑stakes pursuit on a hostile world, hinting at moral compromises and the lure of forbidden science while leaving the outcome of the chase—and the true cost of immortality—still shrouded in Venusian dust.
Language
en
Duration
~2 hours (115K 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
2021-05-20
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1915–1992
Best known for a writing guide that still gets passed from one novelist to another, this American author built his advice on years of practical work in pulp fiction, screenwriting, and teaching. His books speak in a direct, usable way that has kept them alive long after their first publication.
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