Orphans - Kevin Killiany [0]
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#3:Hard Crash by Christie Golden
#4:Interphase Book 1 by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore
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#6:Cold Fusion by Keith R.A. DeCandido
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#16:Oaths by Glenn Hauman
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#25:Home Fires by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore
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#27:Balance of Nature by Heather Jarman
#28:Breakdowns by Keith R.A. DeCandido
#29:Aftermath by Christopher L. Bennett
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#38:Orphans by Kevin Killiany
COMING SOON:
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#40:Failsafe by David Mack
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Acknowledgments
The occasion of my first eBook demands that I acknowledge individually all of the people who encouraged me and helped me through my long years of development as I figured out just what being a writer entailed. I can’t, of course; there are far too many of you.
I do want to thank the entire community of Star Trek writers (if I start listing names, I won’t be able to stop). This is the most welcoming, accessible, and genuinely helpful group of professionals I have ever met.
Honorable mention also goes to my three children, Alethea, Anson, and Daya, for their patience and for accepting that when Dad is staring vacuously into space he is “working.”
Finally, and most important, I want to publicly thank the one person who believed in me even when I didn’t believe in myself, my partner in life, my other half, and the person to whom this book is dedicated: my wife, Valerie.
CHAPTER
1
Eve of the Quest
Naiar stroked Striver’s arching neck, following the rough pull of the currycomb with a soothing palm. His mount’s blue-black coat already glistened