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.
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Copyright © 1985 by Damon Knight
A shorter version of this novel appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, copyright © 1984, 1985 by Mercury Press, Inc.
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.
First printing: May 1985
First mass market printing: March 1986
A TOR Book
Published by Tom Doherty Associates
49 West 24 Street
New York, N.Y. 10010
Cover art by Tony Roberts
ISBN: 0-812-54333-5
CAN. ED.: 0-812-54334-3
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 85-185571
Printed in the United States
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