'Mid Pleasures and Palaces

The Project Gutenberg EBook of 'Mid Pleasures and Palaces, by James McKimmey This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: 'Mid Pleasures and Palaces Author: James McKimmey Illustrator: Philip Parsons Release Date: March 19, 2010 [EBook #31703] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 'MID PLEASURES AND PALACES *** Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net It was, Kirk thought, like standing in a gully, watching a boulder teeter precariously above you. It might fall at any minute, crushing your life out instantly beneath its weight. Your only possible defenses are your brain and voice—but how do you argue with a boulder which neither sees nor hears? 'mid pleasures and palaces By James McKimmey, Jr. Illustrated by Philip Parsons HIS PLANET was remote and set apart, and nothing about it had made William Kirk think he might find human life. Yet just beyond, through aT thorny bush shaped like an exploding rose, Kirk had seen eyes and nose and a flash of yellow hair that were definitely human. Kirk poised motionless. He was three miles from the rocket and Leo, who was waiting inside of it.