Lords of the Starship

Blurb

Lords of the Starship is a 1967 science fiction novel which marked the debut of author Mark S. Geston, written while he was a sophomore at Kenyon College. It was originally published in paperback by Ace Books, then reprinted for the British market in hardcover by Michael Joseph in 1971 and in paperback by Sphere Books a year later. Gregg Press published an archival edition in 1978; and Baen Books included it in its 2009 omnibus of Geston's early novels, The Books of the Wars.
The novel takes a darkly cynical view of human nature; some critics have called it a very black comedy.