[Mission Earth 06] • Objectif Mort

Kinky killers.

Exploding speedboats.

$2 billion paternity suits.

It’s love Voltarian-style . . . and planet Earth is feeling the heat.

Voltarian Royal Officer Jettero Heller will go to any length to protect his

beloved Countess Krak. He’ll race up the eastern seaboard pursued by the

entire Coast Guard. He’ll smash boats, he’ll set off bombs, he’ll fight off

every paternity suit that comes his way. . . .

But Apparatus Officer Soltan Gris is just as determined to put the Countess

out of commission—for good—and he’s found the perfect hit man for the job.

Well, almost perfect. This particular Torpedo has one little kink. He takes a

bit of an unhealthy interest in his victims . . . after he kills them.

And as if Gris didn’t have enough on his plate, wedding bells are ringing. The

Voltarian stud is about to tie the knot—with two women!

Yes, love is a battlefield. But in this warped war of twisted desires,

perverse passions and unholy alliances—the entire Mission Earth enterprise

could soon morph into a truly decadent _DEATH QUEST_.

“Remember how you felt the first time you saw Star Wars? This book will do it

to you again.” — _Orson Scott Card_

A monumental work -- acclaimed as a genuine masterpiece -- L. Ron Hubbard's

1.2-million-word-ten-volume _Mission Earth_ dekalogy brilliantly blends

science fiction and action/adventure on a vast interstellar scale with

stinging satire -- in the literary tradition of Voltaire, Swift and Orwell --

on the world's foibles and fancies.A true publishing phenomenon -- precedent-

setting when each volume, in turn, became a New York Times and then an

international bestseller -- _Mission Earth_ has already sold more than five

million copies and continues to appear on bestseller lists in countries

throughout the world.Winner of France's Cosmos 2000 Award and the Nova Science

Fiction Award in Italy, and nominated for a Hugo Award, _Mission Earth_ is an

epic narrative of a secret invasion of Earth as seen-and vividly