Empire of Two Worlds Author:Bayley, Barrington J. Outcast Klein was one of the "tankless" ones of the enclosed and self-sustaining city of Klittmann. The inhabitants of that city survived by nutrient tanks, which came along from Earth when the settlers first landed on the dim, arid world of Killibol. — Klein was bitter, and made plans to steal a tank for himself - and anything else he could lay ... more »hands on.
It was when he allied himself with an arrogant, vicious tyrant that he had second thoughts about the universe-strangling career he had launched himself upon.« less