Copyright © 1999 by C. J. Cherryh

All rights reserved.

Jacket art by Stephen Youll

DAW Books Collectors No. 1137

DAW Books are distributed by Penguin Putnam Inc.

Book designed by Stanley S. Drate/Folio Graphics

All characters and events in this book are fictitious

All resemblance to persons living or dead is coincidental.

This book is printed on acid-free paper

First Printing, November 1999.

PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.