Step into the thrilling world of espionage and intrigue with our exclusive digital audiobook collection featuring "Advance Agent" by Christopher Anvil and "The Spy" by Richard Harding Davis.These gripping tales of covert operations, espionage, and international intrigue will transport you to the heart of the action. In "Advance Agent," Anvil weaves a captivating narrative of secret agents, double-crosses, and a race against time to save the world. With expertly crafted characters a...

Humans—there's no understanding them, and no dealing with them either. Or even their planet. Pity the poor aliens, whose shape-changing ability should let them take over the planet Earth before the humans even know they're there—if it weren't for all that omnipresent pollution.Or consider another set of invaders, from a planet where the weather is always mild and the changing of the seasons is hardly noticeable. They land in force and their weapons are more powerful than those of t...

After peacefully and complacently expanding for centuries, the Centran Empire comes face to face with their first major obstacle, the stubborn and warlike inhabitants of Earth, and decides to use Earth warriors to pacify difficult planets throughout the galaxy, but they soon discover a new problem—the humans could end up running the Central Empire itself.

Science and technology have made our lives easier, cured diseases, with achievements that an earlier age would have considered impossible. But once in a while, the law of unintended consequences breaks loose. Christopher Anvil considers the two faces of technological innovation: Sometimes the result is a literal life-saver; but at other times a breakthrough may not break quite the way it was supposed to.A new wonder drug has the unexpected side effect of making people happy. Not a ...

Vaughan Roberts and his two companions had been trapped on a crime-ridden, chaotic planet until they bamboozled the population with a gigantic hoax—which brought them to the attention of the Interstellar Patrol, who were looking for a few good con men, capable of ingenious improvisation and adept at playing dirty tricks on the bad guys. The new recruits acquitted themselves admirably, so they naturally were given more tough nuts to crack, including:● Flummoxing an alien empire whic...

A FEW GOOD CON MEN . . .The starship crew was stuck on a planet where the well-meaning schemes of ivory tower social engineers had created a nightmare of battling gangs. So they pretended to be the "Royal Legions" from a distant star kingdom in hot pursuit of an unspeakably evil and nearly all-powerful villain who was hiding somewhere on the planet.Things went even better than they had hoped, and the planet was rapidly becoming civilized . . . and then the ...

War is a serious business—or is it? Christopher Anvil turns his sardonic sense of humor loose on the subject and considers what might happen if:● Someone devised a computer war game so realistic and addictive that the people in charge of battle on both sides didn't have time or inclination to start a real war.● Another device gave every homeowner the power to block off his property from any inxursion, even by nuclear weapons.● A secret organization ...

Famous and Classic Science Fiction NovelThere was something rotten in theplanet named Truth ... rotten enoughto call for the intervention of ...

A new collection of stories by the master of humorous science fiction adventure, including the full-length novel The Day the Machines Stopped—and what happens, not just to civilization, but to humanity and its chances of survival when all the machines stop working at once?A man is captured by aliens who are investigating the Earth as a possible target for colonization. The aliens have science and technology far in advance of humans—but, unfortunately for them, they have ne...

"Advance Agent" is a science fiction novel that delves into themes of space exploration, interstellar diplomacy, and the complexities of first contact with alien civilizations.The story centers around an "advance agent," a character tasked with preparing the way for human contact with alien species. The agent's mission involves navigating diplomatic, cultural, and often political challenges as they work to establish relations and facilitate communication between Earth and the extraterrestr...

Humans on the space frontiers may have enough problems with befuddled bureaucrats, rules that don't fit the realities of very dangerous situations, and general rear-echelon incompetence without bringing in unfriendly aliens, but it's that kind of universe. On the other hand, as master satirist Christopher Anvil makes clear, the aliens are anything but omnipotent and have plenty of problems of their own.Here for the first time the stories and short novels of the war with the Outs ar...

A Tourist Named Death is a science fiction novel by Christopher Anvil, known for its inventive plot and exploration of interstellar themes.The story centers around a seemingly ordinary tourist who arrives on an alien planet. However, this tourist is anything but ordinary—he is a highly advanced and enigmatic being with a hidden agenda. The planet, which is ostensibly a peaceful and unremarkable destination for travelers, becomes the stage for a series of dramatic and mysterious events.As t...