The struggle for independence on two colony worlds—Mars in the
not-so-distant future, and a distant world circling another star in the far
future, both threatened by powerful forces and faceless bureaucrats. Birth of
Fire: A teenage delinquent on a crowded, corrupt Earth, Garrett was given a
choice: rot in prison on Earth, or be deported to Mars to work in the colony
there. But on Mars he would find an inner strength that he had never known
before, and when Mars revolted against the multinational corporations that
controlled the colonist's lives, Garrett was on the front lines in the battle
for planetary freedom. King David's Spaceship: Set in the same universe as the
New York Times best seller, The Mote in God's Eye. A new Empire has arisen and
is annexing Earth's surviving colony worlds. Haven had fallen back to a
nineteenth century level of technology, and the basic requirement for a colony
world to be admitted to the Empire as a full-fledged member with the right of
self-government is that the colony have space travel. Unless Haven can somehow
develop a spaceship, and quickly, the planet will be ruled by Imperial agents
and the inhabitants will be little more than medieval serfs. Two complete novels
in one volume by New York Times best-selling author Jerry Pournelle, telling of
the eternal struggle of freedom against tyranny throughout the galaxy.

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