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Robert M. Doroghazi. The Alien's Secret Volume 2
Author’s Note
Chapter Twenty-Eight. Day One: Trip to Earth
Chapter Twenty-Nine. Humans #1 and #2
Chapter Thirty. Sleep Learning
Chapter Thirty-One. The Septadians to the Rescue
Chapter Thirty-Two. Tying Up Loose Ends
Chapter Thirty-Three. More Practice
Chapter Thirty-Four. Hoken and Liton
Chapter Thirty-Five. Supernova
Chapter Thirty-Six. Thirsty
Chapter Thirty-Seven. More Study on America
Chapter Thirty-Eight. Rennedee Arrives on Earth
Chapter Thirty-Nine. Going Over the Plans
Chapter Forty. Hoken—Barely—Makes It to Earth
Chapter Forty-One. Sergeant Wiggans
Preview of Volume 3: Hero or Villain?
About the Author
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I hated college English class. The word symbolism brings back nothing but unpleasant memories. My interpretation of everything was inevitably different than the instructor’s, which meant I was always wrong. A guy in a wife-beater undershirt kills a woman in a drunken rage with a pick ax between the eyes: that sounded pretty nasty to me. Sorry, Robert: you didn’t appreciate the irony, the sarcasm, the pathos, and the inner turmoil. Nope, guess I missed that. I’m not sure whether it was my crew cut, or that I suggested we read Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island or Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, rather than Eldridge Cleaver’s Soul on Ice that upset them. I was told I would never get into medical school with an attitude like that. You’re lucky to get a B minus there, fella. Looking back, I think they were all just a bunch of pot-smoking hippies.
I’ll save you all that phooey and tell you straightaway what this story is about. There is no doubt who the bad guys are: they say bad things and do bad things; they manipulate people, steal from them, lie to them, and abuse, then discard them. The good guys are the Lone Ranger, Sergeant York, Audie Murphy, June and Ward Cleaver type: clean-cut, hard-working, loyal, honest people of character, willing to die for what they believe in.
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Hoken chuckled to himself, Is there anything that Ribbert and the boys haven’t thought of?
Hoken would have plenty of warning to know when Rennedee was about to enter into view on his left. Rennedee’s vehicle would be preceded by other vehicles and various local police and his personal bodyguards. Hoken would watch the crowd, which numbered hundreds, or maybe even several thousand, because they could see Rennedee before he could. There would be an obvious sense of anticipation and excitement, as the cheers and hoots and even loud whistles made their way like a wave through the onlookers to herald his imminent presence. There were police sirens, flashing lights, a car honking, even a few transistor radios. Some men took off their hats to wave; a few women used their hankies. One boy about eight or nine years old said with obvious excitement, “Look Mom! Is it really him? Yeah, it is. I can see him. Wow! Too bad Dad’s not here. I can’t wait to tell him at supper tonight.”
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