Original title - «Assassin»
Published:
· May 1978 in «Stellar 4» ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey (contents: We Who Stole the Dream · James Tiptree, Jr.; Animal Lover · Stephen R. Donaldson; Snake Eyes · Alan Dean Foster; The Last Decision · Ben Bova; The Deimos Plague · Charles Sheffield; Assassin · James P. Hogan; About the Authors · Misc.);
· 1988 in «Minds, Machines and Evolution».