Sci-fi

Echo Round His Bones

by Thomas M. Disch
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Description

It all began when Captain Nathan Hansard of 'A' Artillery Company of Camp Jackson/Mars command Post went to Mars. The message he was sent there to deliver made him wish he were dead—-in only 6 weeks' time the total nuclear arsenal of Camp Jackson/Mars was to be released upon the enemy. Something had to be done and fast. Captain Hansard left for Earth via the instantaneous transmitter of matter, hoping to arrive immediately. But when he sank into the manmitter's once solid steel floor, he realized that he was a ghost. Only he did not remember dying... Well then, it was as a ghost that he would have to try and save mankind from atomic destruction...

What it’s like

ViolenceStandard
CombatIncidental
HorrorCreepy

Details

First published
January 1967
Pages
176
Reading time
About 4 hours
Format
Novel
Audience
Adult
Publisher
New York : Pocket Books ; Markham, Ont. : Distributed in Canada by PaperJacks
Language
English
ISBN
9780671828370
Series
Standalone

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