Sten

Sten by Allen Cole and Chris Bunch

© 1982 DelRey® book; Published by Ballantine Books

Vulcan is a factory space station, run by the Company, and its owners were plotting against the Eternal Emperor. Sten was a Mig, a nearly unpaid worker, nickle and dimed out of almost every cent he had. Once he finally got fed up, he decided to rebel. He attempted to stowaway and got caught; which sent him on a one way ticket to the exotics section, an area where the Company did things that required a special environment. Naturally, since the environment is poison to humans, the area was used as punishment. When Sten was fed up again, he blew a hole in it and went on the Outside in his enviro suit. Once he came back in, he was found by a Delinq, a member of the runaway gangs who harried the shipments of Vulcan. Eventually, he was found by an Imperial recruiting officer, and went into the army, but things do not bode well for Sten!

I really enjoyed this book because it had an interesting storyline, and it has a sequel. If a book has or is a sequel, I like it better.

It doesn't have much swearing; the main swear words are made up (Clot, Drakh). It does have some actual swearing, h*** and da**.