The Mandrake Effect– ONE– by P J Searle

For those of you who ever wondered what proverbial 'black hole' the American manned-space-program disappeared into after the last moon landing. Bloc One: Syndrome – 1980: Harry Mandrake is ‘a rat, liar, cheat, drunk, waster, moron and loser’, so says American astronaut and navigation officer, Rose Hawkins – Harry’s latest love. Lecturer at Edinburgh University Scotland, on PXL, Possibilities of Extraterrestrial Life, this, quintessential English gentleman is about to cross The Pond and take on America, and the Carnegie Space Agency. A forced sabbatical to escape the wrath of Radcliff, a disgruntled money-collecting thug. (Oh, yes, add sadistic murderer to Harry’s list). Bloc two: SilverCord – 1982: To reiterate: Harry is a rat, liar, cheat, drunk, waster, moron, loser, sadistic murderer and now, shapeshifter? What next? Bloc three: – Rat, liar, cheat... sorry, I’m repeating myself. Well, just add, Divine Being on par-value with the ancient Mesopotamian warrior-god, King Gilgamesh. All part-and-parcel of... THE MANDRAKE EFFECT