Project Gutenberg 2010-03-12 Public domain in the USA. 72 Wolf, Mari 1927 Emshwiller, Ed 1925 1990 Emsh Emsh, Ed Alexander, Ed Emshwiller, Edmund A. Willer EMSH The Very Secret Agent Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Very Secret Agent" by Mari Wolf is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story revolves around extraterrestrial beings trying to infiltrate Earth and discover vital information about a new weapon being developed. Through telepathic contact with an Earth woman, the alien Riuku experiences the complexities of human emotions and relationships while grappling with the mission at hand. The narrative follows Riuku, an alien tasked with gathering intelligence on humans, specifically focusing on their latest weapon development. He makes contact with Alice Hendricks, a factory worker, hoping to read her thoughts and uncover the closely-guarded secrets of the Earthmen. However, as Riuku integrates deeper into Alice's mind, he becomes entangled in her personal life, emotions, and romantic dilemmas, particularly concerning her boyfriend, Pete Ganley, and his complicated relationship with another woman, Susan. This internal conflict distracts Riuku from his primary mission, leading to frustrating results. Ultimately, his inability to separate himself from Alice's emotional turmoil jeopardizes his mission and his return to his home planet, highlighting the challenges of understanding human nature and the consequences of unforeseen attachment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/31612/31612-h/images/cover.jpg en Science fiction Short stories Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Telepathy -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 58241 58251 2024-09-13T11:06:30.586137 2023-09-14T05:26:36.246827 text/html text/html 54586 2010-03-12T10:34:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 128231 2010-03-12T10:34:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 125129 2024-09-13T11:06:32.604172 application/epub+zip 124159 2024-09-13T11:06:30.965188 application/epub+zip 52718 2024-09-13T11:06:30.758161 application/epub+zip 162883 2024-09-13T11:06:34.000123 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 155042 2024-09-13T11:06:32.392163 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 84396 2022-09-14T13:56:55.300346 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 50586 50483 2024-09-13T11:06:30.416127 2023-09-14T05:26:36.092821 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 50487 2010-03-12T10:34:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19487 2010-03-12T10:34:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19728 2024-09-13T11:06:34.610203 application/rdf+xml 27069 2024-09-13T11:06:30.834119 image/jpeg 4396 2024-09-13T11:06:30.797127 image/jpeg 133712 2024-09-13T11:06:30.606121 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia