The Return

by H. Beam Piper; John J. McGuire

Transcriber's Note:
This etext was produced from Astounding Science Fiction,
January, 1954. Extensive research did not uncover any
evidence that the copyright on this publication was renewed.

THE RETURN

BY H. BEAM PIPER

AND

JOHN J. McGUIRE

The isolated little group they found were doing fine—
but their religion was most strange—and yet quite logical!

Illustrated by Kelly Freas

Altamont cast a quick, routine, glance at the instrument panels and then looked down through the transparent nose of the helicopter at the yellow-brown river five hundred feet below. Next he scraped the last morsel from his plate and ate it.

"What did you make this out of, Jim?" he asked. "I hope you kept notes, while you were concocting it. It's good."