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Harry M. Evans was the lone survivor of the first Venus expedition. He has the shocking knowledge of its fate locked in his skull - only he knows what deadly, mind-bending beings exist on Venus. Only he has experienced their awesome power and survived. The world waits in mortal fear for him to speak…

Winner of the first John W. Campbell Memorial Award (given by a small panel of selected critics and SF writers) - not the same as the "John W. Campbell Award" for best new author of the year, announced at the Hugo Awards ceremony.