C. M. Kornbluth
- Defeated in battle, the United States is forced to surrender to the armies of China and the Soviet Union
- Dr. Michael Novak quits his job at the Atomic Energy Commission, where he worked with the group of scientists on a secret project, to apply for the job with the American Society for Space Flight. Working on a new project Novak becomes suspicious when the chief engineer is murdered. Now he is forced to finish the project he is suspicious about as well as to try to figure out who killed the chief engineer.
