Wherever he turned men hunted him; this
was not surprising since he held the key to a
secret men would kill for. Yet some believed—
YOU CAN'T BUY ETERNITY!
By Dwight V. Swain
[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from
Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy
October 1957
Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that
the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]
CHAPTER I
HUNT THE MAN DOWN!
The carrier came first—a flimsy two-passenger craft, unsuited for even the shortest of interplanetary jumps.
Swooping down too fast out of the eternal dust-clouds that shrouded the Venusian sky, it crested a hillock by such a narrow margin as to spray sand high into the never-ending wind, then veered right in a crazy arc.