Birth of Fire

Birth of Fire

"Birth Of Fire" (ISBN 0-671-65649-X) is a 1976 science fiction novel written by Jerry Pournelle and published by Baen Books.

Plotline

The book starts out in a year sometime between 2000 and 2050. It begins with Garret Pittson, a respected gang member who hasn't found his path in life, caught in the middle of a gang war and then caught by the police. He is sentenced to prison for twenty years but takes up his Lawyers offer of being shipped out to a colony on Mars where the conditions are rough and the pay unfair.

Once arriving the events stir up and he ends up playing a prominent role in a revolution led by a group of farmers out on the 'rim' of a large crater in Mars southern hemisphere.


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