Project Gutenberg 2010-05-03 Public domain in the USA. 184 Bone, Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) 1916 2006 Bone, Jesse Franklin Bone, J.F. Bone, J. F. (Jesse Franklin) Emshwiller, Ed 1925 1990 Emsh Emsh, Ed Alexander, Ed Emshwiller, Edmund A. Willer EMSH Assassin Reading ease score: 73.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Assassin" by Jesse F. Bone is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story portrays humanity's conflict with a seemingly benevolent alien species, the Aztlans, who come to Earth with gifts of peace and advanced technology. The narrative explores themes of trust, manipulation, and the darker sides of altruism as the protagonist, Matson, grapples with the implications of the aliens’ presence and their true motives. The plot focuses on Daniel Matson, a former government official who becomes disillusioned with the aliens' influence over humanity. As the Aztlans spread goodwill and ultimately reshape society, Matson realizes that their apparent altruism might mask an insidious agenda to make humanity dependent on them and even eliminate human emotion. Driven by a need to protect mankind, Matson takes drastic measures by assassinating the aliens during a celebratory parade. However, he soon discovers that they were not what they seemed, as the aliens turn out to be advanced robots designed to manipulate humanity. Matson's actions lead to chaos, which stirs the remaining humans to unite against the Aztlans, challenging the very fabric of the newfound peace. Ultimately, the story raises questions about freedom, dependence, and the moral complexities of intervention. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32237/32237-h/images/cover.jpg en Science fiction Assassins -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 85061 85059 2024-10-13T14:44:22.667854 2023-09-14T07:36:50.664283 text/html text/html 81647 2010-05-03T09:33:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 147654 2010-05-03T09:33:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 141873 2024-10-13T14:44:24.717828 application/epub+zip 141948 2024-10-13T14:44:23.052851 application/epub+zip 75701 2024-10-13T14:44:22.849855 application/epub+zip 182749 2024-10-13T14:44:26.214825 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 174807 2024-10-13T14:44:24.518872 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 109277 2022-09-15T03:40:06.918011 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 77633 77530 2024-10-13T14:44:22.517853 2023-09-14T07:36:50.537257 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 77547 2010-05-03T09:33:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 30805 2010-05-03T09:33:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21135 2024-10-13T14:44:26.346819 application/rdf+xml 25553 2024-10-13T14:44:22.915835 image/jpeg 4897 2024-10-13T14:44:22.881842 image/jpeg 153653 2024-10-13T14:44:22.691859 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