A World Called Solitude (61)

A World Called Solitude (61)
by Stephen Goldin

This was actually a pretty decent book. It is a Science Fiction book I picked up years ago at a library sale. It is the story of Birk he is the only human person on a planet. As the story progesses we learn the background of him and the story. The Earth is taken over by a dictator and Birk, a famous inventor, falls out of favor with him and is sent to a prison labor camp. Later while being moved to colonize another planet the prisoners muntiny and kill the crew and each other. Birk is the only survivor the crash landing. He learns he is on a world with no people.. yet a world with everything he needs. Robots take care of the cities, and everything is as the original inhabinants (who he calls the Makers) left it thousands of years before.
Birk grapples with his lonelyness, but is generally happen on "his" planet.
A ship crashes into in... they find several survivors.. including 2 women and his spirits soar.. over a few days all but 2 people die.. the robots have extensive medical knowledge and can only save one.. they do a transplant from one to the other and save 1 woman. After several weeks of recovery Birk tells her of the lonely world they are trapped on. The girl is a military officer who has escaped after a surprise attack on New Edo by a new race of aliens. She wants to get back to warn Earth and other planet outposts of the threat. Birk will not hear of it.. this brings back feelings of how he was mistreated on Earth.. and the fact that by giving up hope he has endured this planet.. if the girl brings back hope he thinks is delicate mental state will be shattered.
And interesting premise.. being alone on a planet.. everything provided for you.. just no people...