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Parr came to Earth as the advance guard for an invasion. His mission: to see that every person received a package that was being mailed --
A cannonade of shell fire met the silver listening post as it zipped across the moonlit desert. It twisted erratically, trying to dodge. Then a radar controlled gun chuckled to itself, and the listening post faltered in flight, slipped air, plunged sandward.