A pyrotechnic tour de force by one the greatest writers and stylists of science fiction.Androids cannot kill! Yet that is the case for James Vandaleur's rare multiple-aptitude android. Feeling he has no choice, Vandaleur flees the authorities, and finds himself encompassed in even more horrendous murders. The heat is affecting the man-made servant, but scarier still is what is affecting Vandaleur's mind.