On the Earth of the far future‚ the Federation control the populace inside a vast‚ dome city. Roj Blake witnesses the massacre of an organised resistance party and is then himself captured and accused of falsified crimes.
Sentenced to life imprisonment on a penal colony planet‚ he meets other convicts including Jenna‚ Vila and Avon. They organise an escape from their prison ship‚ and discover the amazing spaceship Liberator. Together they go on the run - as freedom fighters.
Part One of Trevor Hoyle's original Blake's 7 novelisation.