Hardcover, 186 pages
English language
Published June 1956 by Doubleday.
Double Star
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Lorenzo Smythe, an actor out of a job, was willing to take on anything that came along—including the drink offered him in a bar by a man Lorenzo knew to be from outer space. It was a fateful meeting—one which resulted in the most important, yet most dangerous and terrifying, acting role in his professional career.
It was not until Lorenzo found himself shanghaied on a spaceship bound for Mars that he discovered the extraordinary nature of his new job: to impersonate John J. Bonforte, leader of the Political Expansionist coalition, the most loved—and hated—man in the solar system.
As Lorenzo's limited engagement stretched into a literally stellar performance, he found that he was playing a part in which there was no distinction between make-believe and reality. With a galactic empire depending on the success of his impersonation, Lorenzo was caught in an actor's nightmare from which there was no …
Lorenzo Smythe, an actor out of a job, was willing to take on anything that came along—including the drink offered him in a bar by a man Lorenzo knew to be from outer space. It was a fateful meeting—one which resulted in the most important, yet most dangerous and terrifying, acting role in his professional career.
It was not until Lorenzo found himself shanghaied on a spaceship bound for Mars that he discovered the extraordinary nature of his new job: to impersonate John J. Bonforte, leader of the Political Expansionist coalition, the most loved—and hated—man in the solar system.
As Lorenzo's limited engagement stretched into a literally stellar performance, he found that he was playing a part in which there was no distinction between make-believe and reality. With a galactic empire depending on the success of his impersonation, Lorenzo was caught in an actor's nightmare from which there was no escape.