A Gift From Earth (Known Space)

Larry Niven

Language: English

Publisher: Del Rey

Published: Jan 1, 1968

Description:

A solitary mountain rises from the searing, toxic blackness of the planet. The organ banks are the centre of this world. To them the subservient colonists contribute living limbs, and from them the overlords obtain the vital parts that keep them alive.

NO PLACE FOR BLEEDING HEARTS

The world named Mount Lookitthat was never meant for humans -- it was shrouded in lethal mists. Life only existed on one plateau, unreachable except from space. But the disastrous decision to colonize the planet could not be reversed. So the settlers survived somehow -- under a ruthless dictatorship.

Mount Lookitthat was rebellion-proof.

Then fate dealt the colonists a wild card named Matthew Keller, who had a talent that neither he nor anybody else knew about.

At last the colonists had a glimmer of hope!