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Transcriber’s note:

This story was published in Amazing Stories, February 1957. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.

[p 6]

His agony of soul at being unable to save Margot was far greater than physical torture.

[p 8]
They grounded Ramsey’s ship on a hostile planet hoping he would starve to death, so the first thing he did was give most of his money away and lose the rest gambling. Then he picked a fight with the Chief of Police and joined forces with a half-naked dream-chick who was seemingly bent on self-destruction. The stakes were big—a planet or two—but it all added up to an——

Equation
of Doom
By GERALD VANCE

“Your name ith Jathon