by Jack L. Chalker
This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.
Copyright (c) 2000 by Jack L. Chalker
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.
A Baen Books Original
Baen Publishing Enterprises
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Riverdale, NY 10471
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ISBN: 0-671-57880-4
Cover art by Bob Eggleton
First printing, August 2000
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Chalker, Jack L.
Balshazzar's serpent / by Jack L. Chalker.
p. cm.
"A Baen Books original"—T.p. verso.
ISBN 0-671-57880-4
1. Life on other planets—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3553.H247 B35 2000
813'.54—dc21 00-031145
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For James White
from the Sole Survivor
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