Hunter Patrol
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Hunter Patrol

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H. Beam Piper, John J McGuire
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Hunter Patrol is a Science fiction novella by H Beam Piper and John J McGuire first published in 1959.


Many men have dreamed of world peace, but none have been able to achieve it. If one man did have that power, could mankind afford to pay the price?


World War IV has dragged on for 12 years and the whole world is drained and tired of the killing and destruction. One man, a high school chemistry teacher from St. Louis in the USA, is serving his latest forced stint in the UN forces when something strange happens to him. He dies but yet he doesn't. What if you had the power to bring peace to the entire world? What would you do? This story explores a frightening and strange journey into the murky depths of human needs and desires and how they can twist and turn back upon us.


The novella first appeared in Amazing Stories, May 1959


Total Running Time (TRT): 1 hour, 14 min.


Henry Beam Piper (1904-1964) was an American science fiction author. He wrote many short stories and several novels. He is best known for his extensive Terro-Human Future History series of stories and a shorter series of ”Paratime” alternate history tales. Piper's stories fall into two camps: stark space opera, such as Space Viking, or stories of cultural conflict or misunderstanding, such as Little Fuzzy or the Paratime stories.


John Joseph McGuire (1917-1981) was an American author of science fiction. He usually wrote with H. Beam Piper.

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