| Even this ground you hold only on the sufferance of the Earthmen. |
| Meanwhile, high in the heavens above Tara, six Earthmen blasted into the flaming brilliance of the sun star. |
| The two Earthmen stopped short, horror-struck at what they saw. |
| Men were crowding about Grim, clean-cut, determined-looking Earthmen. |
| Even as he stood there, outwardly calm but jittering internally, the Martian riders pulled up ten feet from the Earthmen. |
| Followed by Damis and a score of Earthmen, the Kildare led the way into a building. |
