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12/14/2023
A story set in thee Cold War, where the USSR and USA are both competing for the favor of an alien race who will grant the chosen country power and influence from the alien's vast experience.
As is typical of this era, it is both a story of conflict and a love story, where the opponents, one man and one woman, fight and lovve in an alien world, not knowing the true nature of the conflict that they are representing. A mysteerious interloper decides to help the unsuspecting human combatants and the truth is revealed.
Pretty standard Cold War pulp, decent writing, characterization, plotting, but with a typically rushed ending that has some serious holes which mar the otherwise interesting setting and events.