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    Deadly Deception
    Deadly Deception
    Deadly Deception
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    Deadly Deception

    By Michael P. Rogers

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    A race of robots descends on Earth intent on colonising it using high-tech trickery. They leave empty handed.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMichael P. Rogers
    Release dateFeb 12, 2013
    ISBN9781301349753
    Deadly Deception
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    Michael P. Rogers

    I've always enjoyed reading the old pulp sci-fi books from way back. Ben Bova, Poul Anderson, Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke being some of my favourite authors. I uploaded my very first ebook early January 2013, science fiction of course. Smashwords is brilliant, allowing first time and seasoned authors alike to make their work available with ease for public enjoyment. There's some really talented authors on the site. I need to do a lot of work to even come close to their quality of writing, but I'll have a lot of fun in the process. E-books are definitely the way to go. Best wishes to all that visit.

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      Deadly Deception - Michael P. Rogers

      Deadly Deception

      By Michael P. Rogers

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2013 Michael P. Rogers

      Prologue

      The sleek silver craft initiated braking manoeuvres half a million miles from Earth. The occupants of the craft needed time to think. Plans had to be assessed, tactics analysed, simulated and proven before the next move, which would only be taken when one hundred per cent success could be guaranteed; a possible failure was not something to ponder over.

      They wanted planet Earth to add to the long list of worlds that they had taken over and colonised; poisoning their atmosphere and destroying all indigenous life forms as coldly and casually as treading on an insect, in their path through the

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