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    Arm of the Law
    Arm of the Law
    Arm of the Law
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    Arm of the Law

    By Harry Harrison

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    How could a robot—a machine, after all—be involved in something like law application and violence? Harry Harrison tells what happens when a police robot hits an outpost on Mars.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJovian Press
    Release dateDec 13, 2016
    ISBN9781537811451
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    Harry Harrison

    Harry H Harrison Jr. is a bestselling writer with more than 3.5 million books in print. He has been the subject of two documentaries. His books have been listed on the New York Times and Book Sense list of bestselling non-fiction trade paperback books for over ten years. They are also available in some thirty foreign countries.  

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      Arm of the Law - Harry Harrison

      ARM OF THE LAW

      Harry Harrison

      JOVIAN PRESS

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      All rights reserved. Aside from brief quotations for media coverage and reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced or distributed in any form without the author’s permission. Thank you for supporting authors and a diverse, creative culture by purchasing this book and complying with copyright laws.

      Copyright © 2016 by Harry Harrison

      Published by Jovian Press

      Interior design by Pronoun

      Distribution by Pronoun

      ISBN: 9781537811451

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      arm of the law

      ARM

      OF

      THE

      LAW

      ~

      IT WAS A BIG, COFFIN-SHAPED plywood box that looked like it weighed a ton. This brawny type just dumped it through the door of the police station and started away. I looked up from the blotter and shouted at the trucker’s vanishing back.

      What the hell is that?

      How should I know? he said as he swung up into the cab. I just deliver, I don’t X-ray ‘em. It came on the morning rocket from earth is all I know. He gunned the truck more than he had to and threw up a billowing cloud of red dust.

      Jokers, I growled to myself. Mars is full of jokers.

      When I went over to look at the box I could feel the dust grate between my teeth. Chief Craig must have heard the racket because he came out of his office and helped me stand and look at the box.

      Think it’s a bomb? he asked in a bored voice.

      Why would anyone bother—particularly with a thing this size? And all the way from earth.

      He nodded agreement and walked around to look at the other end. There was no sender’s address anywhere on the outside. Finally we had to dig out the crowbar and I went to work on the top. After some prying it pulled free and fell off.

      That was when we

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