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    Rescue Squad
    Rescue Squad
    Rescue Squad
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    Rescue Squad

    By Thomas J. O'Hara

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    Stark disaster to a brave lad in space may—to the mind that loves—be a tragedy pridefully concealed.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStart Publishing LLC
    Release dateOct 20, 2016
    ISBN9781682994955
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      Rescue Squad - Thomas J. O'Hara

      Rescue Squad

      by Thomas J. O’Hara

      Start Publishing LLC

      Copyright © 2015 by Start Publishing LLC

      All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever.

      First Start Publishing eBook edition July 2015

      Start Publishing is a registered trademark of Start Publishing LLC

      Manufactured in the United States of America

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      ISBN 13:978-1-68299-495-5

      Rescue Squad

      by Thomas J. O’Hara

      When Mr. O’Hara won the prize story contest recently conducted by 

      the fantasy writers’ workshop

       at the College of the City of New York, in conjunction with 

      fantastic universe

      , it was the unanimous opinion of the judges that a second story by Mr. O’Hara, 

      rescue squad

      , deserved honorable mention. We think you’ll agree with that decision when you’ve read this documentary-type science-fiction yarn, which so excitingly combines realistic characterization with the mystery, suspense and terror of the near future’s exploration of space and a lone pilot’s struggle to survive.

      Stark disaster to a brave lad in space may—to the mind that loves—be a tragedy pridefully concealed.

      The mail ship

      , MR4, spun crazily through space a million miles off her trajectory. Her black-painted hull resembled a long thermonuclear weapon, and below her and only a scant twenty million miles away burned the hungry, flaming maw

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