O Pioneer!
The overcrowded Earth
isn't room enough for Evesham Giyt, a solitary and brilliant computer
hacker who yearns for the long-gone frontiers of the past. Chasing
stories of unspoiled beauty and endless possibility, he takes a leap
across the stars to the rugged colony world of Tupelo and soon finds
himself a respected member of the community and mayor of the colony's
human population.
Humanity isn't the first race to colonize
Tupelo: as mayor, Giyt is part of a council of races trying to
peacefully coexist despite wildly disparate cultures and traditions. But as Giyt learns to like his alien neighbors, he begins to realize that
his fellow humans may have other plans for Tupelo, plans that don't
include peace but do include lots of dead aliens. It will be up to Giyt
to crack the human conspiracy and carve out a future for all of
Tupelo... before it gets him killed!
Frederik Pohl
Frederik George Pohl, Jr. (1919-2013) was an American science fiction writer, editor and fan, with a career spanning over seventy years. From about 1959 until 1969, Pohl edited Galaxy magazine and its sister magazine If, winning the Hugo for if three years in a row. His writing also won him three Hugos and multiple Nebula Awards. He became a Nebula Grand Master in 1993.
Frederik Pohl used these pseudonyms: Edson McCann, Jordan Park, Elton V. Andrews, Paul Fleur, Lee Gregor, Warren F. Howard, Scott Mariner, Ernst Mason, James McCreigh, Dirk Wilson, Donald Stacy and James MacCreigh.
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