Project Gutenberg 2023-04-16 Public domain in the USA. 161 Walton, Bryce 1918 1988 O'Hara, Kenneth Finlay, Virgil 1914 1971 Finlay Earth needs a killer $aUnited States :$bColumbia Publications, Inc., $c1950. Produced from Future combined with Science Fiction Stories July-August 1950 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Earth Needs a Killer" by Bryce Walton is a dynamic feature novel written in the early 1950s. This science fiction story explores themes of morality and the consequences of power through a gripping narrative filled with intrigue and telepathic abilities. The plot revolves around the existential threat to humanity, as the protagonist is tasked with an extraordinary mission involving not only survival but also complex psychological manipulation. The story follows Ray Berton, a man with a troubled past as a drunken brawler who finds himself on the planet Mars, where he inadvertently kills a man in a bar fight. Ray's life takes a dramatic turn when he is saved by two beings, Malcolm and Glora Mergon, who possess immense mental powers. They reveal that Earth is on the brink of destruction due to the machinations of Ronal LeStrang, a corrupt atomic energy executive who has placed ten critical uranium piles on the verge of self-destruction through a hidden mental command. Given new telepathic abilities, Ray's mission is to kill LeStrang to save humanity, but he struggles with his own identity and the morality of murder. As he grapples with his choices and the nature of power, Ray evolves into both a pawn and potential savior in a cosmic game, ultimately leading to a climactic confrontation that challenges not just his values but the very essence of reality itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20220529033010walton 1950 US Reading ease score: 84.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Murderers -- Fiction Adventure stories Psychic ability -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 101877 2025-07-28T05:15:34.462026 text/html 100872 2023-04-16T20:11:02 text/html 438313 2025-07-28T05:15:38.084983 application/epub+zip 438121 2025-07-28T05:15:35.817022 application/epub+zip 228214 2025-07-28T05:15:34.989032 application/epub+zip 1017629 2025-07-28T05:15:39.653042 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1009434 2025-07-28T05:15:37.531017 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 92937 2025-07-28T05:15:34.221042 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 92652 2023-04-16T20:11:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19308 2025-07-28T05:15:39.789015 application/rdf+xml 29014 2025-07-28T05:15:35.342025 image/jpeg 5064 2025-07-28T05:15:35.165025 image/jpeg 35141 2023-04-16T20:11:03 application/octet-stream application/zip 1978964 2023-04-16T20:11:03 application/octet-stream application/zip 1982948 2025-07-28T05:15:34.499027 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