Darkness and Dawn

Andre Norton

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 © 2003 by Andre Norton
Daybreak—2250 a.d. (also published as Star Man's Son) copyright © 1952 by Harcourt, Brace & Co. No Night Without Stars copyright © 1975 by Andre Norton

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Cover art by Bob Eggleton

First printing, March 2003

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Norton, Andre.

Darkness and dawn / by Andre Norton.
p. cm.
"Previously published in parts as Star Man's son and No night without stars"—Jkt.
ISBN 0-7434-3595-8 (pbk.)
1. Regression (Civilization)—Fiction. 2. Nuclear warfare—Fiction. 3. Extinct cities
—Fiction. 4. Science fiction, American. I. Norton, Andre. Star Man's son, 2250 A.D.
II. Norton, Andre. No night without stars. III. Title: Star Man's son. IV. Title: No
night without stars. V. Title.

PS3527.O632 D375 2003
813'.52—dc21
2002038393

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