On the planet Uller, where life is built on silicon and fluorine, a chartered company rules through native kings and a small human garrison. When a conspiracy among the native Ullerans erupts into open rebellion, General Carlos von Schlichten has to hold the colony together. The book includes Dr. John D. Clark’s essay on the chemistry of the fluorine world.
Hard-edged military science fiction from 1952 that deliberately replays the Sepoy rebellion of 1857 among the stars. Download the free EPUB.