β Scribed by Joe Haldeman
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
A young man must fightβliterallyβfor the opportunity to escape his backwater home planet and journey to the stars.
A towering young giant growing up on a high-gravity world of perilous plants and savage creatures, Carl Bok is thrilled when he's offered a one-year scholarship to Starschool. As a new student aboard the space-traveling institution, Carl will get the opportunity to visit and learn from sixteen colonized worlds. Best of all, he'll finally escape the dangerous and grueling life of his home planet.
A poor "country boy" cast among rich children of privilege, Carl perseveres as he and his classmates prepare to rocket from world to world. While he's still on Earth, however, an unexpected and desperate need for funds forces him to become a professional fighter, a job that well suits his massive size and experience.
Carl hopes to earn the money he needs to continue with Starschool by battling a slew of human...
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