How could this man awaken with no past—no childhood—no recollection except of a vague world of terror from which his mother cried out for vengeance and the slaughter of his own people stood as a monument of infamy? - Summary by Gutenberg text Note: The files list Randall Garrett as author. More recent research has shown this to have been written by Paul W. Fairman and Stephen Marlowe. The audio files have not been changed to reflect the change in author attribution.