Project Gutenberg 2015-12-11 Public domain in the USA. 77 Sharkey, Jack 1931 1992 Sharkey, John Michael The Secret Martians Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Secret Martians" by Jack Sharkey is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The story centers around Jery Delvin, an ad agency employee with a talent for spotting flaws, who is unexpectedly summoned by the Chief of Interplanetary Security for a clandestine mission on Mars. Delvin is tasked with investigating the mysterious disappearance of fifteen boys from a spaceship, which leads him into a web of intergalactic intrigue and danger. At the start of the narrative, we find Jery Delvin in a mundane work setting when security agents abruptly appear to take him to the Chief of Interplanetary Security, Philip Baxter. Through a mix of witty banter and moments of self-reflection, Jery learns of his crucial role in uncovering the truth behind the Space Scouts' vanishing act. As Delvin gathers information about the boys' apparent abduction and the peculiarities surrounding the spaceship "Phobos II", he grapples with the weight of being chosen for this task by the enigmatic "Brain," an advanced cybernetic intelligence. The opening describes Delvin's analytical prowess and his struggle against distractions, specifically the allure of women, foreshadowing how these elements will complicate his mission as he seeks to unravel the enigma of the missing boys. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Mars (Planet) -- Fiction Mystery fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 297000 297005 2024-09-21T08:37:11.019285 2023-09-22T05:59:04.109821 text/html text/html 297395 2015-12-11T10:49:18 text/html; charset=us-ascii 256485 2015-12-11T10:49:18 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 278032 2024-09-21T08:37:15.333246 application/epub+zip 282319 2024-09-21T08:37:11.580248 application/epub+zip 177948 2024-09-21T08:37:11.290263 application/epub+zip 389825 2024-09-21T08:37:18.547202 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 368996 2024-09-21T08:37:15.042227 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 264827 2022-09-23T04:17:29.181109 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 283068 282973 2024-09-21T08:37:10.308289 2023-09-22T05:59:03.425768 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 283327 2015-12-11T10:49:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 110340 2015-12-11T10:49:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19073 2024-09-21T08:37:18.672202 application/rdf+xml 33826 2024-09-21T08:37:11.372269 image/jpeg 5103 2024-09-21T08:37:11.330232 image/jpeg 257150 2024-09-21T08:37:11.051269 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