The invention of a "Death Ray" - a machine emitting a beam that could melt metal - had been an accident. The peace-loving Italian scientist working on the scheme had wanted to strengthen metal - not destroy it!
But others had different ideas, realising that it would make an excellent weapon against the British forces advancing through Italy. And what defence is there against a device that can melt tanks like chocolate and burn up aircraft as if they were tissue paper?
This story was first published in 1979
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