Project Gutenberg 2015-12-11 Public domain in the USA. 151 Sharkey, Jack 1931 1992 Sharkey, John Michael The Secret Martians Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Secret Martians" by Jack Sharkey is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The story centers around Jery Delvin, an ad agency employee with a talent for spotting flaws, who is unexpectedly summoned by the Chief of Interplanetary Security for a clandestine mission on Mars. Delvin is tasked with investigating the mysterious disappearance of fifteen boys from a spaceship, which leads him into a web of intergalactic intrigue and danger. At the start of the narrative, we find Jery Delvin in a mundane work setting when security agents abruptly appear to take him to the Chief of Interplanetary Security, Philip Baxter. Through a mix of witty banter and moments of self-reflection, Jery learns of his crucial role in uncovering the truth behind the Space Scouts' vanishing act. As Delvin gathers information about the boys' apparent abduction and the peculiarities surrounding the spaceship "Phobos II", he grapples with the weight of being chosen for this task by the enigmatic "Brain," an advanced cybernetic intelligence. The opening describes Delvin's analytical prowess and his struggle against distractions, specifically the allure of women, foreshadowing how these elements will complicate his mission as he seeks to unravel the enigma of the missing boys. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Mars (Planet) -- Fiction Mystery fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 297184 2025-07-20T10:28:24.658394 text/html 277203 2024-10-22T23:33:59 text/html 278123 2025-07-20T10:28:28.578341 application/epub+zip 282316 2025-07-20T10:28:25.188333 application/epub+zip 177945 2025-07-20T10:28:24.909343 application/epub+zip 388996 2025-07-20T10:28:31.373350 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 368990 2025-07-20T10:28:28.318327 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 264827 2022-09-23T04:17:29.181109 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 282995 2025-07-20T10:28:23.993376 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 263262 2024-10-22T23:33:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17741 2025-07-20T10:28:31.494303 application/rdf+xml 33826 2025-07-20T10:28:24.987366 image/jpeg 5103 2025-07-20T10:28:24.947354 image/jpeg 257212 2025-07-20T10:28:24.688366 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