The Outposter

The Earth is overcrowded. Chosen by lottery, people are shunted off to the
far-flung planetary colonies. But winning
this lottery is no prize, for the
colonist are laregly ignored by the people of Earth, considered disposable. Left
to defend for themselves, the colonist are plagued by low supplies and are
forced to eke out a hardscrabble existence. Worse, they face an ever-looming
threat from without: the alien Meda V'Dans, who routinely attack without
provocation.
Fortnately, the colonists have the Outposters to protect them.
One such Outposter is Mark Ten Roos, a young man with a score to settle against
the Meda V'Dans . . . and the will to bring a corrupt system to its
knees.