Contains the Raj Whitehall series opening novels The Forge and TheHammer together in one volume. Raj Whitehall was a young noble of the Civil Government, the last remnant ofgalactic civilization on the planet Bellevue, when he came across an ancient butstill functioning Fleet Battle Computer named Center. With Center's vast fund ofknowledge and strategic calculating abilities, Raj could defeat the barbariansthreatening to engulf the Civil Government, and start Bellevue on the road backto the stars. But the Governor, to whom Raj has sworn absolute loyalty,nourishes a paranoid envy and mistrust that grows with every victory. Can even abattle computer of the Galactic Age be enough to counter the fury of Raj'senemies... and the treachery of his "friends"?