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The Course of Empire
by Eric Flint and K.D. Wentworth
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.

Copyright © 2003 by Eric Flint and K.D. Wentworth

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions
thereof in any form.

A Baen Books Original

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ISBN: 0-7434-7154-7

Cover art by Bob Eggleton

First printing, September 2003

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Flint, Eric.
Course of empire / Eric Flint & K.D. Wentworth.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-7434-7154-7 (hardcover)
1. Human-alien encounters—Fiction. I. Wentworth, K. D. II. Title.
PS3556.L548C68 2003
813'.54—dc22
2003014258

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 For Algis Budrys,
friend, mentor, and terrific writer;
and for Christopher Anvil, who once
told this story his own way.
 Baen Books by Eric Flint
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