Project Gutenberg 2010-05-03 Public domain in the USA. 181 Bone, Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) 1916 2006 Bone, Jesse Franklin Bone, J.F. Bone, J. F. (Jesse Franklin) Emshwiller, Ed 1925 1990 Emsh Emsh, Ed Alexander, Ed Emshwiller, Edmund A. Willer EMSH Assassin Produced from If Worlds of Science Fiction February 1958. Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Assassin" by Jesse F. Bone is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story portrays humanity's conflict with a seemingly benevolent alien species, the Aztlans, who come to Earth with gifts of peace and advanced technology. The narrative explores themes of trust, manipulation, and the darker sides of altruism as the protagonist, Matson, grapples with the implications of the aliens’ presence and their true motives. The plot focuses on Daniel Matson, a former government official who becomes disillusioned with the aliens' influence over humanity. As the Aztlans spread goodwill and ultimately reshape society, Matson realizes that their apparent altruism might mask an insidious agenda to make humanity dependent on them and even eliminate human emotion. Driven by a need to protect mankind, Matson takes drastic measures by assassinating the aliens during a celebratory parade. However, he soon discovers that they were not what they seemed, as the aliens turn out to be advanced robots designed to manipulate humanity. Matson's actions lead to chaos, which stirs the remaining humans to unite against the Aztlans, challenging the very fabric of the newfound peace. Ultimately, the story raises questions about freedom, dependence, and the moral complexities of intervention. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/32237/32237-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 73.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Assassins -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 85198 2025-08-13T08:04:41.473192 text/html 81647 2010-05-03T09:33:54 text/html 141943 2025-08-13T08:04:43.385196 application/epub+zip 141940 2025-08-13T08:04:41.846234 application/epub+zip 75688 2025-08-13T08:04:41.644174 application/epub+zip 182745 2025-08-13T08:04:44.760182 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 174807 2025-08-13T08:04:43.185195 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 109277 2022-09-15T03:40:06.918011 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 77633 2025-08-13T08:04:41.340226 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 77547 2010-05-03T09:33:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19853 2025-08-13T08:04:44.892168 application/rdf+xml 25553 2025-08-13T08:04:41.716187 image/jpeg 4897 2025-08-13T08:04:41.679175 image/jpeg 147654 2010-05-03T09:33:54 application/octet-stream application/zip 30805 2010-05-03T09:33:54 application/octet-stream application/zip 153688 2025-08-13T08:04:41.496199 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