Transcriber's Note
Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.
On earth it was 2056 A.D.
but on the red-green planet
it was
THE YEAR ONE
There were only six human beings—
DR. CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT, anthropologist—he believed in man's basic goodness ... but could he put his trust in an alien race?
PAUL MASON—he dutifully shared his wife with his best friend.
DOROTHY LEEDS—Paul was her husband, but she knew there were some things more important than love.
SEARS OLIPHANT—the gentle scientist who inspired love in an alien.
ANN BRYAN—the youngest of them all, she had to be taught violence and passion.