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After school, two good friends meet to walk home together. It's just another ordinary afternoon—or is it?

In a world where he is deemed expendable, young officer Web Hilton embarks on a harrowing journey into the cosmos. As he gazes upon the uncovered stars, he encounters an alien unlike any other, leading him to become the first man in history to experience death not once, but twice. Join us for a gripping tale of adventure, sacrifice, and the unknown. - Summary by Planet Stories, Winter 1954

People are vanishing without a trace. And the disappearances are getting closer to home—the next likely target is Mac, Matt Helm’s shrewd old boss. To get to the bottom of the mystery, Helm follows two beguiling and treacherous women, who lead him all the way to his ancestral home—Scandinavia. With a coup from within the agency, and a terrorist threat from without, it’s clear that nobody can be trusted.

When failed scholar Yên is sold to Vu Côn, one of the last dragons walking the earth, she expects to be tortured or killed for Vu Côn's amusement. But Vu Côn, it turns out, has a use for Yên: she needs a scholar to tutor her two unruly children. She takes Yên back to her home, a vast, vertiginous palace-prison where every door can lead to death. Vu Côn seems stern and unbending, but as the days pass Yên comes to see her kinder and caring side.