Ascending - James Alan Gardner [166]
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EXPENDABLE
COMMITMENT HOUR
VIGILANT
HUNTED
RADIANT
TRAPPED
GRAVITY WELLS
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
ASCENDING. Copyright © 2001 by James Alan Gardner. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
EPub Edition © APRIL 2005 ISBN: 9780061842382
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Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
A Word About Oar
1: Wherein I Am Not Dead After All
2: Wherein I Become An Important Witness
3: Wherein I Am Swallowed By A Large Creature
4: Wherein I Terrify A Giant
5: Wherein I Become A Star Pilot
6: Wherein I Defeat The Entire Human Navy
7: Wherein I Am Offered A Deal With The Devil
8: Wherein I Cannot Find A Good Place To Be
9: Wherein I Learn About Our Enemies
10: Wherein I Experience Great Frustration
11: Wherein I Make First Contact With The Human Race
12: Wherein I Gather Crucial Information
13: Wherein I Am Thoroughly Examined
14: Wherein I Prepare For Fame
15: Wherein I Take Charge Of Opening Doors
16: Wherein I Acquire New Family
17: Wherein I Am Swallowed By Darkness
18: Wherein I Am Briefly Unconscious
19: Wherein I Encounter More Aliens…And They Are Not Nice
20: Wherein I Feel Sorry For Fish
21: Wherein I Make A Vain Attempt To Become A Recording Star
22: Wherein I Battle The Enemy With Precious Metals
23: Wherein I Confront Unpleasant Truths
24: Wherein I Explore The Enemy’s Lair
25: Wherein I Face The Foe
26: Wherein I Face The Greatest Risk Of All
Epilogue: Because I Have Always Wished To Compose One
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