Synopsis: From the back cover of the Berkley first edition: The Fifteenth Circuit Court is still in session... - Cabot Huntington had risked his career when he defied the men who appointed him, to bring justice to the high frontier of space. And now, he must tackle the thorniest legal problem of the century: Who owns Mars? Is it the colonists who live there, who have developed a thriving mining economy? Or is it the Earth-based industrial conglomerate that covets that economy? The colonists have the economic power. The conglomerate has the political power. Both sides are determined to win - no matter what the cost. Judge Huntington: The verdict - and the fate of the future is in your hands...