360 Park Avenue South

New York, New York 10010

Copyright © 1961 by H. Beam Piper

Cover art by Michael Whelan

DEDICATION

For Betty and Vall, with
loving remembrance

CONTENTS

1. [The Ship from Terra][1]
2. [Reporter Working][16]
3. [Bottom Level][29]
4. [Main City Level][40]
5. [Meeting Out of Order][51]
6. [Elementary, My Dear Kivelson][63]
7. [Aboard the Javelin][73]
8. [Practice, 50-MM Gun][82]
9. [Monster Killing][92]
10. [Mayday, Mayday][100]
11. [Darkness and Cold][110]
12. [Castaways Working][119]
13. [The Beacon Light][126]
14. [The Rescue][132]
15. [Vigilantes][140]
16. [Civil War Postponed][153]
17. [Tallow-Wax Fire][162]
18. [The Treason of Bish Ware][173]
19. [Masks Off][184]
20. [Finale][202]