Project Gutenberg 2021-05-13 Public domain in the USA. 112 Hamilton, Edmond 1904 1977 Sterling, Brett Becker The Cosmic Looters Produced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy February 1958 By Edmond Hamilton writing under the name Alexander Blade. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Cosmic Looters" by Alexander Blade is a science fiction novel written in the late 1950s. The story centers around Duncan Wyatt, who finds himself embroiled in an alien invasion plot when he encounters a mysterious woman from a futuristic craft warning that Earth is the next target of an interstellar task force bent on plundering. As Wyatt grapples with disbelief and the impending threat, he realizes he must take action to convince others of the catastrophe looming over humanity. The opening of the novel depicts the eerie tranquility of Wyatt's mesa as he is jolted awake by a strange explosion, leading to his first encounter with the alien woman, Brinna. She reveals urgent knowledge about the invasion and pleads for his help in warning Earth, setting off a chain of events as Wyatt contemplates the validity of her claims. As he senses his lonely, precarious position, the tension escalates when he attempts to capture Brinna for answers, only to discover that their destinies are intertwined in this cosmic conflict. The early chapters establish a dynamic interplay between distrust, the struggle for survival, and the intrigue of unknown alliances as the narrative promises to explore deep themes of loyalty and resistance against a backdrop of interstellar exploitation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Adventure stories PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 164661 2025-06-26T04:47:51.805920 text/html 142722 2024-10-18T13:45:39 text/html 533466 2025-06-26T04:47:54.559964 application/epub+zip 535759 2025-06-26T04:47:52.355902 application/epub+zip 129557 2025-06-26T04:47:52.035926 application/epub+zip 603359 2025-06-26T04:47:56.406906 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 590041 2025-06-26T04:47:54.305956 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 184073 2022-09-29T11:52:58.204443 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 155938 2025-06-26T04:47:51.552916 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 136131 2024-10-18T13:45:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16854 2025-06-26T04:47:56.534884 application/rdf+xml 25328 2025-06-26T04:47:52.164928 image/jpeg 4439 2025-06-26T04:47:52.099946 image/jpeg 1141550 2025-06-26T04:47:51.832951 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