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HE COULD STOP THE WORLD
A Doc Savage Adventure By Kenneth Robeson
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? Chapter I. RAIN OF DEATH
? Chapter II. ASHES AT UNION SQUARE
? Chapter III. LOST RADIO WAVES
? Chapter IV. MESSAGE FROM THE DEAD
? Chapter V. WHEN THE SNOW BURNED
? Chapter VI. THE CRAZY MOUNTAIN
? Chapter VII. ASHES OF MURDER
? Chapter VIII. WORLD DICTATOR
? Chapter IX. HIGH ABOVE MANHATTAN
? Chapter X. INTO BURNING SNOW
? Chapter XI. DOC’S MAMMOTH FOE
? Chapter XII. RAID ON THE MINT
? Chapter XIII. THE VALLEY OF GIANTS
? Chapter XIV. MOUNTAIN UNCLIMBED
? Chapter XV. DOC PLAYS A LONE HAND
? Chapter XVI. TORTURE OF MONSTROSITY
? Chapter XVII. MIND OF THE MASTER
? Chapter XVIII. MOUNT LASSEN GROWLS
? Chapter XIX. END OF THE MASTER

Chapter I. RAIN OF DEATH
THE shining, metal ball fell from the sky. Its terrific impact obliterated a humble citizen of Texas. The ball
cracked the cement and buried itself many feet in the ground.

José Pandrosa was walking near the Alamo. Probably he was the first to meet death by the shining ball.
Women screamed and fell down. Men swore and lost the red heat from their faces.

As shuddering witnesses saw it, nothing remained of Pandrosa. His body was now scarcely more than a
blot of blood where he had been standing a moment before. It was fortunate for society José Pandrosa
was humble. Important only to his family.

The arrival of the metal ball was the first indication of the disastrous explosion that had taken place in the
stratosphere.

Other pieces of metal started raining down. They fell over an area of many square miles. Other persons
fortunately escaped a direct hit. A few of the metallic objects ripped into residences of San Antonio.

A newspaperman was walking near the Alamo. He witnessed the obliteration of José Pandrosa. The
reporter looked up into the burning blue of the Texas sky.
"Randolph’s sky ship!" he shouted. "Look! There’s more stuff coming down! His Silver Cylinder’s
exploded!"

There was more shocked horror over this announcement than at the terrible death of José Pandrosa.
Citizens instinctively ducked for the doors of taller buildings.