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| Ace books, 1967. Cover by Jack Gaughan. |
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| Cover by Ted Hanke. |
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| Stoneshire paperback, 1983. Cover artwork by Greg Theakston. |
Rear cover fluff:
"Unless you were a member of the Category Military, no one on Earth could own a gun. So who was shooting at Joe Mauser? And why?
He'd been a mercenary, but he'd been thrown out when he saved Field Marshal Cogswell's life. Whose enemies were after him now - his own, or Cogswell's?
In a world where the computers kept track of you, Mauser had to disappear - and stay alive long enough to reach the field Marshal!"
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| Belmont paperback, September 1969. Cover painting by Jack Faragasso (thanks: Mark). |
"Morris should have functioned perfectly in the rigid totalitarian society of the future where every thought, every word, every action was controlled by the superstate. A state where everyone was watched night and day by the great eye of the internal security forces. It was a strange, in man was inhuman worlds, but the rewards were great for those who belonged to the right caste. Morris belonged to the master class which ruled the entire world by brain power or brutality, depending on which was needed. Morris was born right at the top - he had everything the technate society could provide - and yet he didn't belong. Nonconformity could mean liquidation, but he was prepared to take the risk."