This volume assembles 12 classic tales by Alan E. Nourse: "Bear Trap" originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, December 1957. "Circus," "The Dark Door," "Image of the Gods," "The Link," "Meeting of the Board," "My Friend Bobby," and "An Ounce of Cure" originally appeared in The Counterfeit Man: More Science Fiction Stories by Alan E. Nourse, published in 1963. "The Coffin Cure" originally appeared in Galaxy, April 1957. "Letter of the Law" originally appeared in If Magazine, January 1954. "The Native Soil" originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, July 1957. "PRoblem" originally appeared in Galaxy, October 1956.