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In a today and a future marked by increasing urban growth, Clifford D. Simak is the master of the simple life. Here he treats of a tomorrow in which the business of politics will carry the mark of shame ... and to be elected President of the nation is to earn the ultimate dishonor.... For some time, Stanley Paxton had been hearing the sound of muffled explosions from the west. But he had kept on, for there might be a man behind him, trailing him, and he could not change his course. For if he was not befuddled, the homestead of Nelson Moore lay somewhere in the hills ahead. There he would find shelter for the night and perhaps even transportation. Communication, he knew, must be ruled out for the moment; the Hunter people would be monitoring, alert for any news of him.