Jerry Vanning trailed the fugitive Callahan into the swampy wastes of Venus, Hell-Kingdom of the fabled War-Gods. He reached his goal—walking with the robot-strides of a North-fever slave. Henry Kuttner was an editor and writer who held vast influence in the early days of genre publishing. His short stories were published in magazines such as Weird Tales, Astounding Science Fiction, and Startling Stories.