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    Uniform of a Man
    Uniform of a Man
    Uniform of a Man
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    Uniform of a Man

    By Dave Dryfoos

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    After rescue, revenge was uppermost in Chet Barfield’s mind; the hideous, bestial Agvars had to be taught a lesson they’d never forget. His rescuers seemed to disagree, however—until Chet learned his lesson too!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWilder Publications, Inc.
    Release dateJul 5, 2017
    ISBN9781515412564
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      Uniform of a Man - Dave Dryfoos

      Uniform of a Man

      by Dave Dryfoos

      © 2017 Positronic Publishing

      Cover Image © Canstock/mscornelius

      Positronic Publishing

      PO Box 632

      Floyd VA 24091

      ISBN 13: 978-1-5154-1256-4

      First Positronic Publishing Edition

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      Uniform of a Man

      by Dave Dryfoos

      After rescue, revenge was uppermost in Chet Barfield’s mind; the hideous, bestial Agvars had to be taught a lesson they’d never forget. His rescuers seemed to disagree, however—until Chet learned his lesson too!

      In the village clearing, under the diffuse red sun of Hedlot, Chet Barfield listened intently. Mostly he heard the villagers, the Agvars, noisy with the disregard for sound that comes of defective hearing.

      But above their clamor was another note. No ... Yes! There it was again—the swish-roar-scream of a spaceship!

      Chet’s heart lifted to the altitude of that ship. Rescue! Rescue was at hand for him, after three years as a prisoner.

      Thought of it momentarily overcame the passivity that years of starvation had made his habit. He even forgot himself enough to walk erect a few steps, staring skyward—heavenward!—within cupped hands.

      But the dense hardwood chain on his ankle brought him up short. When it tightened, he remembered, and slouched to all fours again, moving with the gorilla-like gait of the Agvars toward the unshaded post he was chained to.

      He’d been observed. Pawfulls of dirt stung his bent and whip-scarred back,

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