The Killing Thing

Man and machine - Locked in mortal combat. The battleground: a planet in the far reaches of space, a place of scorching desert, jagged rock and tearing winds. A hell-world. The man: Captain Tracy, member of the most ruthless, brutal fighting force the galaxy had ever known. But would his training and ingenuity be enough to outwit the murderous machine that was stalking him? He was, after all, unarmed. The machine: a deadly, self-programming killer robot armed with laser beams and an uncanny cybernetic cunning. Built by an oppressed race to take revenge against their harsh conquerors - the Earthmen. The climax: shattering, inevitably violent - and totally unexpected