'His reputation for fast-moving and colourful SF writing is unmatched...' - Michael MoorcockFrom master storyteller E. C. Tubb comes six tantalizing tales of exploration and intrigue.A heist gone what started off as stealing a new formula for the control of atomic fission ends in murder. Surely they must have had inside help; someone had given them the guard schedule and a plan of the laboratories. The only substantial clue was that one of the thieves had forgotten to shield his face.Across his forehead was the dark streak of an indelible the debtor's mark! Private investigator Jim Carter knew that mark well, and it meant he was marked for death...Other stories in the collection The PensionersSleeve of CareLittle Girl LostFallen AngelFull FiveTomorrow provides six visions of man's future by a master with a sharp eye for human weakness mirrored in the world of tomorrow.Edwin Charles Tubb was a British writer of science fiction, fantasy and western novels. The author of over 140 novels and 230 short stories and novellas, Tubb is best known for The Dumarest Saga , an epic science-fiction saga set in the far future. He has used 58 pen names over five decades.