Birth of Fire

Jerry Pournelle
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Birth Of Fire is the story of Garrett Pittston, wrongly convicted of murder. Pittston faces a life in prison, or near-slavery on Mars. Under the appalling conditions imposed by those who run the mines from Earth, Pittston and his fellow workers start a revolution to wrest their freedom from the penal colony. Display advertising in science fiction publications. Previously published by Pocket Books.
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