Arkwright (43 page)
Authors: Allen Steele
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Contents
Book One: The Legion of Tomorrow
Interlude: Affair with a Dreamer
Book Four: The Children of Gal
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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
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ARKWRIGHT
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Copyright © 2016 by Allen Steele
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Interior illustration © 2016 by Allen Steele and Rob Caswell
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Parts of this novel were first published, in substantially shorter and different form, in
Asimov's Science Fiction
in 2014 through 2015.
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Cover art by Victor Mosquera
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Cover design by FORT
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First Edition: March 2016