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The flame-haired symbol of a she-devil appeared in connection with some innocuous brand of cosmetics and, seconds later, the Doc, observing a car with the number FON 2, raised two fingers, giving a V-for-victory sign to the driver, then reversed the signal in that time-honoured Delta-of-Venus gesture suggesting readiness for sex. The creature inside the vehicle couldn´t readily be described as ass human. For the thing had no hair and scaley skin of a greenish hue. Leering expansively and using thumb and forefinger, it pointed in the direction of a medieval church some four hundred metres away. Dr Lu spins on hir heel and makes off at a fast clip towards the not-too-distant crenellated rectangle outlined in darker darkness against the darkening sky ...

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Bright, Robin
Robin Bright´s scific adventurer, MAP, first saw action in the anthologies, Land of Osiris (Special Angel Service), Emperor of the Galaxy (Master Arms Practitioner), and Inheritors of the Universe (Valhalla For Starters), published by Cherubion, Debrecen, Hungary in 1996-7. Here´s a further opportunity to sample the future´s hero in English.

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