CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 15
CHAPTER 16
CHAPTER 17
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 19
CHAPTER 20
CHAPTER 21
CHAPTER 22
CHAPTER 23
CHAPTER 24
CHAPTER 25
CHAPTER 26
CHAPTER 27
CHAPTER 28
POPULAR LIBRARY EDITION
Copyright © 1996 by C.J. Cherryh. All Rights Reserved.
Cover art by Dorian Vallejo.
Map by Jane S. Fancher and Lynn Abbey
All characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is strictly coincidental.