In the Planet Earth Year 3400pc the Earth Federation dispatched Spaceship Odysseus on a galactic exploration mission intended to locate viable planets suitable for the resettlement of Planet Earth's surplus populations. Two years later, at the edge of the stagnant zone, Planet Cimarron appeared to be an ideal location, but all was not what it seemed. Crew personality conflicts and accidents intervened to bring disaster and rewards as the survivors established themselves and refused to be rescued.

A cowboy decides that the only way to get rich is to rob a bank. The decision was easy to make, but the task proved difficult to achieve.

Two paragraph synopsis: - An escaped British political prisoner becomes involved with group of mercenaries formed to eliminate weapons of mass destruction wherever they can be found. The plot, set against a backdrop of post-communist political unrest in Russia, is complicated by an American President desperate to gain a second term in office at any cost.