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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2010 Jennifer R. Pournelle. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America.

First electronic edition 2010.

Characters, locations, and events featured in King David’s Spaceship are Copyright © 1980 Jerry Pournelle, used by permission.

Characters, locations, and events featured in The Mote in God’s Eye are Copyright © 1974 Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, used by permission.

Characters, locations, and events featured in The Gripping Hand are Copyright © 1993 Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, used by permission.

Musical score for “The Gathering Hymn” Copyright © 2009 J. Daniel Jenkins, used by permission.

Illustrations © 2010 Jennifer R. Pournelle.