The author of the bestselling Tek novels debuts a series that takes place in the dangerous new territory of space. Benton Hawkes is a career diplomat, a maverick unafraid of ruffling official feathers. As punishment for making some powerful people angry, Hawkes has been assigned to the planet Mars where a revolt is is the making—and Hawkes must find a compromise that will keep the peace.

The peaceful, free society recently created on Mars is once again under fire as a series of assassination attempts threatens to undermine it, and Prime Minister Benton Hawkes must risk a full-scale military confrontation to achieve final peace, in the sequel to Man O'War. 20,000 first printing.