One Against the Moon

DONALD A. WOLLHEIM
The World Publishing Company CLEVELAND AND NEW YORK
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 56-9261
FIRST EDITION
HC856
Copyright 1956 by Donald A. Wollheim. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher, except for brief passages included in a review appearing in a newspaper or magazine. Manufactured in the United States of America.
To WILLIAM BALTER A fixed star in a fickle sky
DONALD A. WOLLHEIM
HAS WRITTEN The Secret of Saturn's Rings The Secret of the Martian Moons
HAS EDITED Terror in the Modern Vein Every Boy's Book of Science-Fiction The Portable Novels of Science Flight into Space Adventures on Other Planets The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction
Contents
That morning began like all the preceding mornings of the past two years with the tinny jangling of the little alarm clock on Robin Carew's bureau. Opening his black eyes, he struggled into a sitting position on the narrow bed, reached out his hand and turned off the alarm. He yawned, swung his feet to the floor, rubbed his eyes. It was half past seven again of another workday morning.