Produced by Greg Weeks, William Woods and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net [Transcriber's note: This etext was produced from the 1962 book publication of the story, which was originally published in Analog Science Fact-Science Fiction, Sept.-Nov. 1961. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the copyright on this publication was renewed.] EVIL * * * * * Brion entered the temple and stood as if rooted to the ground. There was a horror in this place--it clung to everything. Muffled and hooded men stood silent and unmoving about the room, their attention rigidly focused on a figure in the center. Brion wondered how he knew they were men--only their eyes showed, eyes completely empty of expression yet somehow reminding him of a bird of prey. * * * * * Then suddenly the figure in the center moved. It was a weird, crazily menacing action--and in an instant Brion knew he had found the enemy, the source of the evil that infected the PLANET OF THE DAMNED. Bantam Books by Harry Harrison Ask your bookseller for the books you have missed. DEATHWORLD DEATHWORLD II PLANET OF THE DAMNED TWO TALES AND EIGHT TOMORROWS THE JUPITER LEGACY (PLAGUE FROM SPACE) PLANET OF THE DAMNED BY HARRY HARRISON [Illustration: BANTAM BOOKS TORONTO NEW YORK LONDON] A NATIONAL GENERAL COMPANY PLANET OF THE DAMNED _A Bantam Book / published January 1962_ _New Bantam edition published February 1971_ _All rights reserved._ _Copyright (C) 1962, by Harry Harrison._ _This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, by mimeograph or any other means, without permission._ _For information address: Bantam Books, Inc._ * * * * * _Published simultaneously in the United States and Canada_ * * * * * _Bantam Books are published by Bantam Books, Inc., a National General company. Its trade-mark, consisting of the words "Bantam Books" and the portrayal of a bantam, is registered in the United States Patent Office and in other countries. Marca Registrada. Bantam Books, Inc., 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10019._ * * * * * PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA For my Mother and Father-- RIA AND LEO HARRISON I _A man said to the universe: "Sir, I exist!" "However" replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation."_ STEPHEN CRANE