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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious, and any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.

THE TRIKON DECEPTION  Copyright © 1992 by Ben Bova and William R. Pogue

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bova, Ben, 1932-

The trikon deception / Ben Bova and Bill Pogue.

"A Tom Doherty Associates Book." ISBN 0-312-85024-7

I. Pogue, John Wilbur, 1909-             II. Title.

PS3552.O84T75    1992

813'.54—dc20             91-37281

CIP First Edition: February 1992  Printed in the United States of America 0987654321