The Outposter

by Gordon R Dickson

Diamond Comic Distributors Inc.

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The Earth is overcrowded. Chosen by lottery, people are shunted off to the far-flung planetary colonies. But winning
this lottery is no prize, for the colonist are laregly ignored by the people of Earth, considered disposable. Left to defend for themselves, the colonist are plagued by low supplies and are forced to eke out a hardscrabble existence. Worse, they face an ever-looming threat from without: the alien Meda V'Dans, who routinely attack without provocation.
Fortnately, the colonists have the Outposters to protect them. One such Outposter is Mark Ten Roos, a young man with a score to settle against the Meda V'Dans . . . and the will to bring a corrupt system to its knees.
  • ISBN10 1481483285
  • ISBN13 9781481483285
  • Publish Date 20 August 2018 (first published 26 July 1973)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Baen Books
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 336
  • Language English