Tom Godwin's "No Species Alone" (novelette, alien invasion, free): Snakes are afraid of cats!

This is a war of nerves story: a single human protagonist against a vastly superior alien colonization scout. Of course, the human will win, eventually, with help from ...

Among the more riveting stories of Godwin. Not quite "The Cold Equations" (download text/radio adaptation), but pretty good.

Fact sheet.

First published: Universe Science Fiction, November 1954.
Download full text from Baen CD.
Rating: A.
Related: Stories of Tom Godwin.