Snaddra had but one choice in its fight to afford to live belowground— underhandedly pretend theirs was an aboveboard society!
Civilizations must make sense somehow. But was this one the gaudy, impossible exception?
Giving Certain Powers the business for a change would be a joy—but it must not backfire—and here at last was the perfect recoilless diddle!
Score one or one million was not enough for the human race. It had to be all or nothing … with one man doing every bit of scoring!
Getting there may be half the fun … but it is also all of a society’s chance of survival!
All she wanted was a mate and she had the gumption to go out and hunt one down. But that meant poaching in a strictly forbidden territory!
If it was happening to him, all right, he could take that … but what if he was happening to it?
It was a lovable little creature, anxious to help solve the troubles of the world. Moreover, it had the answer! But what man ever takes free advice?
They are the aliens among us—and their ways and wonders are stranger than extraterrestrials!