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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.

ACHILLES' CHOICE

Copyright (c) 1991 by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or portions thereof, in any form.
(Scanner's Note: Fuck you.)

A Tor Book
Published by Tom Doherty Associates, Inc.
49 West 24th Street
New York, N.Y. 10010

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Niven, Larry.
Achilles' choice I Larry Niven, Steven Barnes ; illustrated by Boris
Vallejo.
p. cm.
'A Tom Doherty Associates book."
ISBN 0-312-85099-9
I. Barnes, Steven. II. Vallejo, Boris. III. Title PS3564.19A63 1991
813' .54-dc2O 90-48782
CIP

Printed in the United States of America

First edition: March 1991

0987654321

ACHILLES' CHOICE

Chapter I

Jillian Shomer ran along the north edge of the quarry, toward a distant, silent ocean, into the
dawning sun.
Her breath vibrated in her mastoid process, made sharp rasping sounds in her Comnet ear link. In
her own very informed opinion, she sounded ragged and undisciplined.
Hot fudge sundaes are a basic food group. The words were etched in acid, her self-