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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
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No windows broke any of the four plain walls of the office; there was no focus of outer-world sunlight on the desk there. Yet the five disks set out on its surface appeared to glow—perhaps the heat of the mischief they could cause ... had caused ... blazed in them.