"There are incredible things stillundiscovered; most of the important installations were built induplicate as a precaution against space attack. I know where all ofthem are.
"But I could find nothing, not one single word, about any giantstrategic planning computer called Merlin!"
Nevertheless the leading men of the planet didn't believe him. Theycouldn't, for the search for Merlin had become their abidingobsession. Merlin meant everything to them: power, pleasures, andprofits unlimited.
Conn had known they'd never believe him, and so he had a trick or twoup his space-trained sleeve that might outwit even their fabled CosmicComputer ... if they dared accept his challenge.
_H. BEAM PIPER_ is rather enigmatic where his personal statistics areconcerned. It may be stated that he lives in Williamsport,Pennsylvania, that he is an expert on the history and use of handweapons, that he has been writing and selling science-fiction for manyyears to the leading magazines, and that he is highly rated amongreaders for his skill and imagination. He has had several novelspublished, including mysteries and juveniles.
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