The Medusa Encounter
The Medusa Encounter
by Paul Pruess
ISBN: 0380753480
ISBN-13: 9780380753482
Format: Paperback
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Publisher: Harpercollins
Published date: 1990
Size: 4.25 x 7 inches
Weight: 0.35 pounds
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Sparta, the lovely product of advanced biotechnology, must keep the Free Spirit, a religious cult intent on world domination, from sabotaging the Space Board's manned mission into the clouds of Jupiter.
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The Medusa Encounter: The Medusa Encounter
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Preuss, Paul
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Preuss, Paul
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The Medusa Encounter (Arthur C Clarke's Venus Prime, book 4)
Preuss, Paul
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Preuss, Paul
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The Medusa Encounter
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