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Perry Rhodan 004 Twilight of The Gods



CHAPTER ONE



Toward noon the roaring of the endless barrage grew weaker. Now there were only occasional
detonations of heavy grenades exploding on the surface of the invisible energy screen; their strength was
spent in producing brilliant flashes of lightning without achieving their intended effect.



Then complete silence followed.



The four men who were sitting in the former command center of the Stardust I looked at each other.
Captain Reginald Bell sluggishly pushed aside the chessboard. "What is that supposed to mean?" he
asked.



His chess partner looked regretfully at the chess figures that had been knocked over by Bell’s
negligent gesture, before he replied, shrugging his shoulders, "Your guess is as good as mine. Probably
just a brief firing pause."



"After days and days of nonstop bombardment? I bet they must have a good reason to stop the
shooting."



"That bet you are bound to win for sure," nodded the man sitting across from Bell. "There are always
some reasons for everything." He pointed to the tumbled over chess figures. "By the way, that was an
unfair trick. You knew you had lost the game, didn’t you?"



"My dear Dr. Manoli," said Bell pompously, "quite the contrary would have happened. The game was
as good as won."



"Sure. But by me," grinned the physician.
 "Let’s leave it undecided who won or lost that game. Let’s concentrate on first things first!" interjected
a tall, lean man with steely gray blue eyes-Perry Rhodan. He had just got to his feet and walked over to
the round hatch where he could survey the scene outside. "As far as I can make out it looks as if the