High Justice
 The Mercenary . . .
The Mote in God's Eye . . .
King David's Spaceship . . .
it all began with
HIGH JUSTICE
High Justice begins Jerry Pournelle's own Future History, a universe which he shared with Larry Niven in their collaborative novel, The Mote in God's Eye. Here we see, with all the vivid detail for which Pournelle is known, the Fall of the West, and how in its death throes it gave birth to a society that would conquer the stars themselves, as real people battle desperate odds, both for their own survival and for something more—for
HIGH JUSTICE
Cover Art by Wayne Barlowe
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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.
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ISBN-13: 978-0-671-69877-5
ISBN-10: 0-671-69877-X
Copyright © 1974 by Jerry Pournelle
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"Enforcer," copyright, ©, 1974, by Mercury Press, Inc. First published in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
"High Justice," copyright, ©, 1974 by the Conde Nast Publications, Inc. First published in Analog.
"Extreme Prejudice," copyright, ©, 1974, by the Conde Nast Publications, Inc. First published in Analog.
"Consort," copyright, ©, 1975, by the Conde Nast Publications, Inc. First published in Analog.
"Tinker," copyright, ©, 1975, by UPD Publishing Company. First published in Galaxy.
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Somewhere, out among the asteroids . . .
"Make your defense," Aeneas MacKenzie said coldly. Holding his pistol ready, he took a seat across the table from Holloway.
"Some trial!" shouted Holloway. "A kangaroo court."
"Yes. You prefer a court which you know will never convict you. I think, David, you have forgotten what a trial is for. It is not a show, but a means of discovering what has happened. I think we can do that here. The crew will be the jury."
"What happens if we say guilty?" Penrose demanded.
"Sentence is the responsibility of the judge. Martin Holloway, as you are known here, how do you plead?"
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