Sten
Set three thousand years in the future, the story of Sten is the life
and times of a most unusual hero, told in eight volumes. The series has
sold more than two million copies, making the books consistent best
sellers both in the United States and abroad, and has been hailed by
critics as a "landmark science fiction series."
Sten is the
ultimate survivor. He's lightning quick, mean-streets cunning and
blessed with the twin gifts of hungry intelligence and hard-won common
sense. Born on the factory planet of Vulcan, where life had less value
than the lowliest machine – the sort of place that bred just two types
of natives: complacent or tough... and Sten was tough. He rebelled
against The Company that enslaved, then killed his parents, harassing
the Company from the metal world's endless mazelike warrens.
Sten's
world is a place where humans live side-by-side with countless alien
forms. In fact the word alien itself is offensive and all species are
merely called "beings." The planetary systems range from the
sophistication of Prime World where the elite gather – to the rough and
ready mining and frontier worlds at the Empire's edges. Sten would have
ended up just another burnt-out Delinquent if he hadn't rescued a
mysterious stranger who turned out to be his ticket off Vulcan – and an
express ride back.
