Transcriber's Notes: Obvious printer errors have been corrected (including switched lines). Ellipses have been standardised. Otherwise the text is as printed.


THE DEFIANT AGENTS

By Andre Norton

RIDE PROUD, REBEL!
STORM OVER WARLOCK
GALACTIC DERELICT
THE TIME TRADERS
STAR BORN
YANKEE PRIVATEER
THE STARS ARE OURS!

Edited by Andre Norton

SPACE PIONEERS
SPACE SERVICE

THE DEFIANT AGENTS

BY ANDRE NORTON

THE WORLD PUBLISHING COMPANY

CLEVELAND AND NEW YORK

Published by The World Publishing Company 2231 West 110th Street, Cleveland 2, Ohio

Published simultaneously in Canada by Nelson, Foster & Scott Ltd.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 62-9063

FIRST EDITION

WP262

Copyright © 1962 by Andre Norton 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. Printed in the United States of America.


FOR P. SCHUYLER MILLER who expressed a wish for some Apache colonists,
and CHARLES F. KELLEY who has a liking for "time agent" tales.


THE DEFIANT AGENTS