Yorkan Varr is a condemned man sent to Earth after being convicted of a murder he insists he did not commit. Stunned into a prison rocket and dropped onto the Galaxy's dumping-ground, he wakes in unfamiliar clothes with a new identity and a warning to survive carefully in a world far harsher than the one he knew. Now calling himself John Arthur Stern, he is drawn into a hidden community of exiles who have built a disciplined underground movement beneath New York City. Elizabeth Kirk, one of the banished, reveals that Stern is not alone and offers to guide him to others like him. Still bitter and suspicious, he believes the Federation acted justly, even as he learns the exiles are organizing to challenge Earth's government and escape the planet. But when he meets their leader, he comes face to face with the man who framed him, and the truth behind his exile becomes far more personal, dangerous, and explosive than he ever imagined. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.