Project Gutenberg 2006-08-16 Public domain in the USA. 258 Piper, H. Beam 1904 1964 Piper, Henry Beam Piper, Horace Beam Police Operation Produced from Astounding Science Fiction, July 1948. Produced by Greg Weeks, William Woods, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Police Operation" by H. Beam Piper is a science fiction novella originally published in the mid-20th century, specifically in 1948. The narrative follows the unusual case of a rogue extraterrestrial creature—a Venusian nighthound—that has escaped to a rural setting and is causing havoc among livestock, leading the protagonist, Verkan Vall, to embark on a perilous mission to capture or eliminate it. The story explores themes of parallel universes and the interaction between different timelines, all wrapped in a police procedural format. The plot centers on Verkan Vall, a special assistant to the Paratime Police, who is dispatched to a Fourth-Level timeline to deal with the aftermath of Gavran Sarn's reckless actions in bringing a deadly nighthound to Earth. As Vall tracks the creature, he navigates through thrilling encounters and utilizes his knowledge of the beast, which is a genetically modified hunting animal. The tension builds as Vall contemplates the impending danger posed by the creature if it were to attack humans. With its unique features and hunting techniques, the creature becomes a formidable adversary. The story concludes with Vall effectively resolving the threat while reflecting on the potential complications of paratime travel and the consequences of human interference in alternate realities. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 72.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery 104840 2025-08-08T07:31:06.244814 text/html 102224 2020-09-28T08:25:58 text/html 333350 2025-08-08T07:31:11.283764 application/epub+zip 333667 2025-08-08T07:31:08.367800 application/epub+zip 107887 2025-08-08T07:31:06.889802 application/epub+zip 479742 2025-08-08T07:31:13.168797 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 469146 2025-08-08T07:31:10.240776 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 175516 2022-09-09T07:27:17.187532 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 94504 2025-08-08T07:31:05.932801 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 94450 2020-09-28T08:25:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 94441 2020-09-28T08:26:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20552 2025-08-08T07:31:13.297770 application/rdf+xml 13413 2025-08-08T07:31:07.380785 image/jpeg 3530 2025-08-08T07:31:07.134790 image/jpeg 37000 2020-09-28T08:26:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 265654 2020-09-28T08:26:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 36983 2020-09-28T08:26:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 330091 2025-08-08T07:31:06.265804 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia