Description for THE BURNING EYE by Jerry Pournelle; John F Carr & Roland Green: A WORLD FOREVER AT WAR Born of rebellion and civil war, Haven is home to diverse races. Cut off from the rest of humanity after the Secession Wars, bombed back to near-medievalism by the Saurons so that its inhabitants cannot reveal their presence to the rest of the galaxy. Haven is a world forever at war. In this, the first volume of the War World series, you are introduced to Haven and its inhabitants: *THE SAURONS. A race of militaristic supermen whose sole aim is to keep the planet cau off from the rest of the Empire while they slowly absorb all normal humanity into their own perverted image. *APACHES who are forced into an alliance with sea-faring descendants of the Vikings in a desperate attempt to fend off the Saurons... *The last regiment of Imperial Marines. One man holds the key to getting them back into the battle that only they can win...
