DR. CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT, anthropologist—he believed in man's basic goodness ... but could he put his trust in an alien race?
PAUL MASON—he dutifully shared his wife with his best friend.
DOROTHY LEEDS—Paul was her husband, but she knew there were some things more important than love.
SEARS OLIPHANT—the gentle scientist who inspired love in an alien.
ANN BRYAN—the youngest of them all, she had to be taught violence and passion.
EDMUND SPEARMAN—the rebel who had to have his own tribe to rule ... even though it meant war with his Earth companions.
