From the Bottom

The planet of the Bottom is truly Hell for the inhabitant of any comfortable world. Terrible heaviness, constant earthquakes, and hurricanes of incredible force dictate its fate: to remain an endless raw-material colony. But the planet’s residents think otherwise. As soon as they launch their own satellite, their planet will legally gain independence. To prevent this, a young ambitious official is sent to the Bottom—one who doesn’t intend to be modest about the means…