The Moon, in the 21st century—until recently a prison planet for criminals and dissidents from Earth—has been turned into a raw-material appendage. Law-abiding descendants of convicts labor like the damned under the unceasing oversight of the Lunar Administration, receiving mere pennies. But this cannot go on forever! Unbearable living conditions boil the wild, fierce blood in the veins of the Moonlanders, and they decide to teach the arrogant Earthlings a proper lesson.
A supercomputer of immense power stands on the side of the rebels—one that also has a real soul and a great sense of humor. With such an ally, declaring war on Earth is more than possible!