"You are a most unusual spy. What do you hope to gain now that you have revealed yourself?" "I am not a spy," said Dumarest. "Technos has nothing to fear from me. All I want is to get away from here." But no one would believe Earl Dumarest. So he was forced to become a fugitive on an unknown planet, using a stolen identity and endlessly fleeing, always keeping just one pace ahead of the military police. Yet Dumarest could not flee forever. Technos was too regimented a planet for that. The time would come when he must turn and face his enemies. And that time was near...