By William C. Dietz
Colonel Stell and his band of mercenaries yearn for a spot to name home.
To them Freehold is sort of a vivid diamond within the tremendous universe. yet its wilderness stipulations, fiscal instability, social disarray, and political turmoil render the planet excellent for takeover. keen to struggle whatever that stands of their method, Colonel Stell and his small staff cope with all who search to dominate their planet, even gigantic interstellar empires. Their luck should not made up our minds by means of their dimension yet through their solution to create a house for themselves.
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