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A BOY & HIS TANK

Leo Frankowski
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 © 1999 by Leo A. Frankowski

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

A Baen Books Original

Baen Publishing Enterprises
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Riverdale, NY 10471

ISBN: 0-671-57850-2

Cover art by Gary Ruddell

First paperback printing, February 2000

Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-51933



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Dedication



I’d like to dedicate this book to Owen Lock, who was for many years my editor at Del Rey.
He’s a VP at Random House these days, and no longer directly concerned with science fiction.
Thus, I can now thank him for his long years of patience, sound advice, and friendship without
it looking like I’m kissing ass. For many things, Owen, thank you.

—Leo Frankowski
 TANKS A LOT!

One of the tanks pulled itself out of the line and drove up in front of us. It
was a big slab of a thing, fully ten meters long and four wide. The machine
was absolutely silent. The huge monster could have snuck up on a mouse, if
there had been any such creature on New Kashubia.
“Number 04056239, you are hereby inducted into the service of the