Every five years the Autarch is assassinated, which is why Bartol has been conditioned to stand on the palace balcony in the dictator’s place. When the energy bolts start flying he must fight both his hypnotic commands and the killers hunting him through the citadel. First printed in Imagination in 1957 under the house name S. M. Tenneshaw.
A fast, compact piece of fifties pulp adventure. Download the free EPUB.