Doomsday Eve
by ROBERT MOORE WILLIAMS
ACE BOOKS
A Division of A. A. Wyn, Inc.
23 West 47th Street, New York 36, N. Y.
DOOMSDAY EVE
Copyright 1957, by A. A. Wyn, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
Printed in U. S. A.
[Transcriber's Note: Extensive research did not uncover any evidence
that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]
SPLIT-SECOND RACE WITH WORLD'S END!
In the midst of the war—that terrible conflict that threatenedhumanity's total destruction—the "new people" suddenly appeared.Quietly performing incredible deeds, vanishing at will, they were anenigma to both sides. Kurt Zen was an American intelligence officeramong the many sent to root them out.
He found them. Taken captive in their hidden lair, he waited as theenemy prepared to launch the super missile, the bomb to end allbombs—and all life.
If only he could find the source of the new people's power, Kurt alonemight be able to prevent obliteration of the Earth....
CAST OF CHARACTERS
KURT ZEN
His loyalty was greater than his love.
NEDRA
She might be a "new" person—but she had old emotions.
CUSO
He pitted Oriental cunning against Western ingenuity.
SAM WEST
He wouldn't use his strange powers to help his friends or hurt hisenemies.
JAL JONNER
He was either a legend or a lunatic.
GRANT
His rescue was a miracle—though they called it a myth.
Contents
I
The legends clustering around the new people began before the war,while the man who started the group, old Jal Jonnor, was alive, butthey received their greatest circulation during the conflict.
If the war is long and the fighting is bitter, with neither side ableto achieve victory or even a substantial advantage, soldiers eventuallybegin to tell strange stories of sights seen when death is near, ofmiraculous deliveries from destruction, of impossible ships seenabove the Earth, and even of non-human allies fighting o