"Deadly Decoy" by Randall Garrett is a mid-20th-century science fiction story set in a future riddled with galactic political tensions between humans and the deadly Damakoi. The narrative centers around a Secret Service agent named Mr. Cameron, who battles deception and security challenges when a Damakoi assassin, bearing a lethal theta bomb, threatens to eliminate delegates in the Galactic Capitol, after receiving a warning from a Damakoi that opposes the assassination. Cameron navigates schemes and betrayals to uncover a complex plot where two Damakoi are manipulated, leading to a suspenseful showdown that dives into politics and trust between species.

Deadly decoy
By Randall Garrett
In a galaxy filled with interspecies paranoia and simmering conflicts, a lone agent races against time to stop an alien assassin and a deadly bomb from igniting a galactic war.
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2023-11-14
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About the AuthorGordon Randall Phillip David Garrett was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was a contributor to Astounding and other science fiction magazines of the 1950s and 1960s. He instructed Robert Silverberg in the techniques of selling large quantities of action-adventure science fiction, and collaborated with him on two novels about men from Earth disrupting a peaceful agrarian civilization on an alien planet.
Gordon Randall Phillip David Garrett was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was a contributor to Astounding and other science fiction magazines of the 1950s and 1960s. He instructed Robert Silverberg in the techniques of selling large quantities of action-adventure science fiction, and collaborated with him on two novels about men from Earth disrupting a peaceful agrarian civilization on an alien planet.
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