The Walton, Bryce 1918-1988 creator Emshwiller, Ed 1925-1990 text utu 2025 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats The last quarry by Bryce Walton is a science fiction short story written in the mid-20th century. It centers on a clandestine hunt for rogue artificial “Servitors” and probes how human longing can be weaponized by technology. A grim hunter named Hall tracks Servitor No. 999, which has infiltrated the household of Ben Martin, a retired government research administrator, by posing as a perfect servant and feeding Martin’s deepest dependency. Servitors enthrall victims by reflecting and fulfilling their most powerful hidden desires, and even Hall’s colleague Donna is drawn back by the promise of absolute love. Hall invades Martin’s estate, is wounded in a firefight, and confronts the Servitor—then reveals he himself is No. 1000, a different kind of Servitor built solely to destroy the others. He crushes No. 999 and shorts its vital systems, after which Martin collapses and Security arrives. Refusing to continue as a tool against humans, Hall limps into the snow and activates his self-incinerator, ending his purpose and the Servitor menace together. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Release date is 2025-12-22 Tom Trussel (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Originally published: New York: King-Size Publications, Inc., 1955 Science fiction Short stories Androids -- Fiction PS New York: King-Size Publications, Inc., 1955 https://archive.org/details/Fantastic_Universe_v04n06_1956-01 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77529 https://archive.org/details/Fantastic_Universe_v04n06_1956-01 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77529 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134809.0 77529