" Perry Rhodan 0023 - (16) Secret Barrier X" - читать интересную книгу автора (Perry Rhodan)

…And the hotspot is Venus.

Perry and the fugitive Arkonide woman, Thora, are on the planet of peril, a hot-house of horror,
menaced not only by the unnatural monstrosities of the natural Venusian habitat but by deadly invaders
from Earth. And the positronic brain, not programmed for certain unforeseen emergencies, has sealed off
the planet!

An impenetrable envelope surrounds Venus!

Can Reginald Bell penetrate the barrier via the 5th dimension? If not, Rhodan must rely on his own
resources to protect himself from man and monster alike, else perish in a primeval jungle far from his
Mother World.



SECRET BARRIER X




1/ TIME WARP IN HELL



"NO! NO! NO!"

"We’renot going back to Earth!"

"We’re going to remain right here in orbit around Venus!"

"Have I made myself clear?"

The members of the Mutant Corps were cowed by Reginald Bell’s emphatic orders. In Perry Rhodan’s
absence Bell was in command of the small band of people with super powers. They didn’t always agree
with his reasoning but they were loyal to their commander.

Bell was now in an exposed position. A failure could be in the offing. "There’s something wrong here,"
he continued in an irritated voice, indicating the surface of Venus below with his index finger. "No one in
the service of the Chief of the New Power, no one who has sworn allegiance to Rhodan, can desert him
when he’s in deep trouble. You want to return to Earth—and how will he fare then? You know he’s
stuck down there, almost alone in the Venusian jungle crawling with deadly creatures and…"

Okura will be with him. And Marshall and Thora, a small but broad-shouldered, powerfully built mutant
ventured to interject. It was Wuriu Sengu, the seer.

Bell cut him short. "Thora took off in a ship alone. Or if anybody was with her it was only a robot.
Rhodan, Marshall and Okura followed in a second rocket. We know that crazy positronic brain in the
Venus fortress has suddenly gone blind or mad, activating the SBX against Perry himself who
programmed it! The brain now repulses him with every technical means at its command and I’ve no
reason to believe Perry and Thora have joined up with each other. All probabilities point to the likelihood