Project Gutenberg 2010-06-13 Public domain in the USA. 142 Shaver, Richard S. 1907 1975 Lohrman, Paul Smith, Malcolm 1910 1966 The Plotters Produced from Amazing Stories December 1948. By Richard S. Shaver writing under the name Alexander Blade. Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Plotters" by Alexander Blade is a science fiction novel written in the late 1940s. The book revolves around the themes of interplanetary espionage and the complexities of human emotion, as a being from Venus embarks on a mission to gather intelligence about Earth's nuclear capabilities while unexpectedly falling in love with a human girl named Beth. The story follows Marko, a Venusian agent, who comes to Earth under the guise of a college student. While navigating his mission to find scientist Eldeth Copperd, who has crucial knowledge about atomic weapons, he becomes romantically involved with Copperd's daughter, Beth. As Marko grapples with the duality of his identity as an agent and a lover, tensions rise when his superiors contemplate using Beth as leverage against her father. The narrative intensifies as Marko must confront a mutiny among his own ranks, ultimately leading to a showdown where he must protect Beth and her father from his fellow Venusians while navigating the challenges that his love for Beth introduces into his mission. Their relationship grows amidst conflict, culminating in revelations about loyalty, sacrifice, and the potential for a future together despite the hurdles of interspecies relations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/32801/32801-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 94.8 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Love stories Human-alien encounters -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Romance Category: Novels 61075 2025-08-13T10:13:23.836428 text/html 57408 2021-01-06T17:43:51 text/html 200625 2025-08-13T10:13:25.899491 application/epub+zip 199425 2025-08-13T10:13:24.343475 application/epub+zip 84295 2025-08-13T10:13:24.076439 application/epub+zip 238885 2025-08-13T10:13:27.151464 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 231506 2025-08-13T10:13:25.628434 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 116595 2022-09-15T06:24:24.520093 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 52508 2025-08-13T10:13:23.612442 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 52349 2021-01-06T17:43:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20507 2025-08-13T10:13:27.296453 application/rdf+xml 24115 2025-08-13T10:13:24.148461 image/jpeg 4318 2025-08-13T10:13:24.112443 image/jpeg 190251 2021-01-06T17:43:51 application/octet-stream application/zip 20239 2021-01-06T17:43:51 application/octet-stream application/zip 190635 2025-08-13T10:13:23.848481 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 en.wikipedia