The struggle for independence on two colony worlds--Mars in thenot-so-distant future, and a distant world circling another star in the farfuture, both threatened by powerful forces and faceless bureaucrats. Birth ofFire: A teenage delinquent on a crowded, corrupt Earth, Garrett was given achoice: rot in prison on Earth, or be deported to Mars to work in the colonythere. But on Mars he would find an inner strength that he had never knownbefore, and when Mars revolted against the multinational corporations thatcontrolled the colonist's lives, Garrett was on the front lines in the battlefor planetary freedom. King David's Spaceship: Set in the same universe as theNew York Times best seller, The Mote in God's Eye. A new Empire has arisen andis annexing Earth's surviving colony worlds. Haven had fallen back to anineteenth century level of technology, and the basic requirement for a colonyworld to be admitted to the Empire as a full-fledged member with the right ofself-government is that the colony have space travel. Unless Haven can somehowdevelop a spaceship, and quickly, the planet will be ruled by Imperial agentsand the inhabitants will be little more than medieval serfs. Two complete novelsin one volume by New York Times best-selling author Jerry Pournelle, telling ofthe eternal struggle of freedom against tyranny throughout the galaxy.