Born Under Mars

[From back cover] When mankind colonized the stars, they traveled out from Earth in two directions - to Centaurus and its Southern Hemisphere neighbors and to Ursa Major and the constellations around Polaris. And strange to say the humans who settled on those various worlds began to develop into two differing and antagonistic types. For Ray Mallin, born under the surface of Mars in the sparse colony of Earth's inhospitable old neighbor, neither the anarchic "Bears" nor the autocratic "Centaurs" commanded his loyalty. So when secret agents of both galactic groupings suddenly focused their unwelcome attention on his most recent star-piloting mission, he knew only that something of vast significance was up - and that he unknowingly was the key to it. John Brunner's new interstellar novel is a dramatic picture of future humanity and Martian adventure. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 2 I......Page 3 II......Page 6 III......Page 9 IV......Page 13 V......Page 16 VI......Page 20 VII......Page 23 VIII......Page 27 IX......Page 31 X......Page 34 XI......Page 38 XII......Page 41 XIII......Page 45 XIV......Page 49 XV......Page 52 XVI......Page 56 XVII......Page 59 XVIII......Page 63 XIX......Page 66 XX......Page 70 XXI......Page 74 Ace Books, paperback. 3rd printing from 1977 (unstated). Brunner's novel was first published in 1967. Interplanetary intrigue.