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Our friends from Frolix 8

by Philip K. Dick

In a future ruled by an oligarchic elite, a labourer and a tyrant compete for the love of a revolutionary. The return of a rebel leader with a massive alien entity challenges the social order and prompts a struggle for individual and collective salvation.

Accession 9288 ISBN 0586042954 Publisher Panther
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