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'E went an' took—

Rudyard Kipling,
Introduction to the Barrack-Room Ballads
in "The Seven Seas"
Baen Books by DAVE FREER & Eric Flint
Rats, Bats & Vats
Pyramid Scheme

BAEN BOOKS by ERIC FLINT

Mother of Demons
1632

The Philosophical Strangler

The Belisarius series, with David Drake:

An Oblique Approach
In the Heart of Darkness
Destiny's Shield
Fortune's Stroke
The Tide of Victory

The Federation of the Hub series,
by James H. Schmitz, edited by Eric Flint:

Telzey Amberdon
T'nT: Telzey & Trigger
Trigger & Friends
The Hub: Dangerous Territory
Agent of Vega & Other Stories

BAEN BOOKS by DAVE FREER

The Forlorn
 Prologue
The new NESOT (Near Earth Space Object Tracking) satellite paid dividends less than three
months after its launch. The computerized system spat a data stream on the incoming object to
NORAD. It did this for any detected object which would enter the Earth's atmosphere.
The level of NORAD tracking which dealt with objects that should burn up on atmospheric
entry was computerized. An alarm sequence was triggered by any anomaly. Twenty-three
seconds after it took over from NESOT, the alarm sounded.
***
Brigadier General Durham looked over the shoulder of the warrant officer at the screen
display. He took a deep breath. Chicago!
He took another deep breath. The procedures were laid down. It had been something of a
joke. But the NESOT data showed that it wasn't a joke. Not at all funny, in reality. This was
incoming from deep space. And it was decelerating. Falling objects don't naturally do that.
Incoming. Incoming and alien.