Hellhole, by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, comes out from Tor Books on March 15, 2011, but you can read a sneak peek right now on Tor.com! See what it's like for the colonists on Hellhole, a planet tortured with storms, tornadoes, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions, a dumping ground for undesirables, misfits, and charlatans—and, now, an exiled general determind to make something of the place.

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