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Originally printed in 1947 for the Spring issue of Planet Stories.

Their world was dark. Their Machine-God was dead. Savage hordes threatened to overrun them, smash them. What, then, was Flane doing out in the desert, alone with the wreck of a space-ship—and a strangely—wrought sword?

Transcribed by Kurt Brugel - 2016