And then suddenly there was no more darkness. A light as bright as the noon sun flared. Ben let out a shout, for beyond the light were lined the battle cruisers of Earth. His pursuers turned tail and ran. "Where the devil did those ships come from?" Davies gasped. "I sent for them," Ben told him. "We had it all arranged. When I tackled that double I managed to slip a microfilm capsule into his pocket. It had a complete picture of my radona chart. As soon as the double reached Earth, Intelligence grabbed him. All they had to do was follow my chart to Teris." They were passing the flagship of the Earth fleet, and Ben dipped the nose of his ship in salute. Then he turned to see what was going on. There was going to be no attempt to invade Teris. Instead, its surface was illuminated with more of the flares. A moment later Teris was gone, blasted by the guns of a thousand cruisers. And for the strange women who would have enslaved a universe, Ben felt no pity. THE END TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE The sentence on Page 61: "It was that department's job to take the ship apart, fix what needed fixing, and put it." is exactly as it appears in the original. On Page 62, in "Once Jacobs' interest was aroused he was also not one to let a matter drop;" the original had "Jacob's". End of Project Gutenberg's Daughters of Doom, by Herbert B. Livingston