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    Mutant
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    Mutant
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    Mutant

    By James Corley

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    The last link between the isolated marine research station and the mainland had been broken months before. It had come suddenly. The last supply plane had landed on the tenth of November. For two years the Sun had been pouring out increased radiation on every spectral band, peaking in the ultraviolet and upwards in frequency. The solar wind was now a hurricane, a sleet of atomic particles travelling at a million miles an hour that hit the upper atmosphere and rained a torrent of high energy alpha-particles. It didn’t kill, not immediately. But it was intense enough to mangle genes.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJames Corley
    Release dateJan 21, 2016
    ISBN9781311943798
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    James Corley

    James Corley was first active on the British SF scene in the New Wave era of the late 60s, early 70s, his novel-length books tended to be rollicking space operas loaded with ironic humour. Later (under other names) he became more prominent as a writer of thrillers and detective stories.

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      Mutant - James Corley

      MUTANT

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      JAMES CORLEY

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      Half-way up the hill, exhaustion forced Stoddard to rest. He chose a suitable boulder and sat cautiously on it. His head swam as he bent to untie his laces. Once off his swollen feet he placed the scuffed and cracked boots carefully beside him. As usual they exuded an ammoniacal stench. The heat would soon dry them out.

      There was no shade at all on the hill. Sinking in the west the Sun was still an unbearable white glare that hung over the ocean and sadistically refused to set. He fumbled through his pockets and found a salt tablet to swallow.

      From this high up Stoddard could look down over the marine research station he nominally controlled, and past it to the beaches at the southern end of the island. A red stain

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