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On the coin, in letters as crisp as the day they were struck centuries ago,
were the words: FIRST LAUNCH NATIVE AMERICAN SPACE AUTHORITY AUGUST,
MMCCCLIV Marekallian Eks recognized the ancient alphabet. He began to tremble.
Verley watched in astonished silence as the Mindrunner clutched the coin, a
distant fire in his eyes. "Urth," he whispered. "Homeworld!" he cried, staring
at Verley with wild eyes. "The Areps! They came from Urth! They must have
crashed here, lost their technology! Reverted to savagery!" SPACEWAYS #1
OF ALIEN BONDAGE #2 CORUNDUM'S WOMAN #3 ESCAPE FROM MACHO #4 SATANA
ENSLAVED #5 MASTER OF MISFIT #6 PURRFECT PLUNDER #7 THE MANHUNTRESS #8
UNDER TWIN SUNS #9 IN QUEST OF QALARA #10 THE YOKE OF SHEN #11 THE
ICEWORLD CONNECTION #12 STAR SLAVER #13 JONUTA RISING! BERKLEY BOOKS,
NEW YORK With megathanks to Victor Roman, plier of the spaceways The
poem Scarlet Hills copyright (c) 1982 by Ann Morris; used by permission of the
author. SPACEWAYS #13: JONUTA RISING! A Berkley Book / published by
arrangement with the author PRINTING HISTORY Berkley edition / September
1983 All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 1983 by John Cleve. Cover
illustration by Ken Barr. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in
part, by mimeograph or any other means, without permission. For information
address: The Berkley Publishing Group, 200 Madison Avenue, New York, New York,
10016. ISBN: 0-425-06405-0 A BERKLEY BOOK (r) TM 757,375 The name "BERKLEY"
and the stylized "B" with design are trademarks belonging to Berkley
Publishing Corporation. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A: All
planets are not shown. B: Map is not to scale, because of the vast distances
between stars. SCARLET HILLS Alas, fair ones, my time has come. I must
depart your lovely home- Seek the bounds of this galaxy To find what lies
beyond. (chorus) Scarlet hills and amber skies, Gentlebeings with loving
eyes; All these I leave to search for a dream That will cure the wand'rer in
me. You say it must be glamorous For those who travel out through space. You
know not the dark, endless night Nor the solitude we face. (reprise
chorus) I know not of my journey's end Nor the time nor toll it will have me
spend. But I must see what I've never seen And know what I've never
known. Scarlet hills and amber skies, Gentlebeings with loving eyes; All
these I leave to search for a dream That will cure the wand'rer in me. -Ann
Morris "The closer to the truth, the better the lie, and the truth itself,
when it can be used, is the best lie." -Preem Palver 'You just can't keep a
bad man down." -Kislar Jonuta prolog She was a shocking woman. It wasn't just
that she was young and shockingly attractive. She was unique: une type. Thus
her very appearance was shocking, in an altogether positive way. The sort of
woman who collected stares-and ignored them. Among the sprawling star-worlds
settled by people calling themselves Galactics, eyes were uniformly shades of
brown. Hers were the color of pearls seen through shimmering water. Among
Galactics whose natural skin color ranged from that of toasted corn chips or
darkish beige to jet-not too much of that, since centuries of intermingling
had paled it as it had completely swallowed up pale skin- her color was that
of carnations at sunset. Furthermore her cheekbones were not especially high