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My grateful thanks go to Bryan Boult for critical reading, and to my editor, Diana Gill, and my agent, Russ Galen, for keeping me in line.
KAREN TRAVISS
is a former defense correspondent and TV and newspaper journalist. She has worked in public relations for the police and local government, and has served in the Royal Naval Auxiliary Service and the Territorial Army. The
New York Times
and
USA Today
bestselling author of
City of Pearl, Crossing the Line, The World Before, Matriarch, Star Wars-Republic Commando: Hard Contact, Triple Zero,
and
Star Wars-Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines,
she lives in Wiltshire, England.
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praise
for the novels of
Karen Traviss
“Intensely satisfying.”
New York Review of Science Fiction
“A fascinating cast of characters involved in a richly complex situationâ¦. Her people are convincingly realâ¦. Traviss has created a vivid assortment of alien races, each with distinctive characteristics and agendasâ¦. She brings a rare combination of insight and experience that will greatly contribute to our field.”
James Alan Gardner, author of
Expendable
“Karen Traviss [takes] space voyagers, warring extraterrestrials, and alien/human interactions, and [gives] those tropes new life.”
Locus
“Stellar.”
Jack Mc Devitt, author of
Deepsix
“In Shan Frankland, Karen Traviss has created a tough, interesting, believable character.”
Gregory Frost, author of
Fitcher's Brides
“A writer to watchâ¦. Traviss takes what could have been a rote collection of characters (marines, cops, religious extremists) and slowly adds depth, complexity, and color.”
BookPage
This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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ePub edition March 2007 ISBN 9780061739163
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