Transcriber's note: Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the United States copyright on this publication was renewed. front cover front cover PYRAMIDBOOKSF-774 40c One of the truly unusual novels of science-fiction—a vivid portrayal of the deadliest planet ever discovered! (original title: THE SURVIVORS) Tom Godwin p. 1 p. 1 AFTER TWO CENTURIES.... The sound came swiftly nearer, rising in pitch and swelling in volume. Then it broke through the clouds, tall and black and beautifully deadly—the Gern battle cruiser, come to seek them out and destroy them. Humbolt dropped inside the stockade, exulting. For two hundred years his people had been waiting for the chance to fight the mighty Gern Empire ... ... with bows and arrows against blasters and bombs! p. 2 p. 2