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Tor Books by Catherine Asaro
THE SAGA OF THE SKOLIAN EMPIRE
Primary Inversion Cach the Lightning The Last Hawk
The Radiant Seas
The
Last
Hawk
Catherine Asaro
A torn DOHERTY ASSOCIATES BOOK NEW YORK
NOTE: If you purchased this book without a cover you should be aware that this book is stolen property. It was reported as "unsold and destroyed" to the publisher, and neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this "stripped book."
This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are either fictitious or are used fictitiously.
THE LAST HAWK
Copyright й 1997 by Catherine Asaro
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or portions thereof, in any form.
Edited by David . Hartwell Map by Ellisa Mitchell
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ISBN: 0-812-55110-9 Library of Congress Card Catalog Number: 97-15568
Firs! edition: November 1997 First mass market edition: December 1998
Printed in the United States of America
0987654321
To my daughter, Cathy, with love

Acknowledgments
I would like to acknowledge the readers who gave me input on thisbook: Dr. Lynne Deutsch, Dr. Steve Goldhaber Dr Margaret Graffe, Dr. Kate Kirby, Dr. Malcolm LeCompte and Mr. Tim Oey. I give special thanks to the above because they were the first ever to see my fiction and their insights helped me learn to write. My thanks also to Dr Joan Slonczewski, to Eleanor Wood of Spectrm Literary Agency to Scovil, Chichak, and Galen, and to the staff at Tor in ' particular Tad Dembinski and David G. Hartwell A lo'vins thanks to my husband, John Kendall Cannizzo, for his care and support.

Contents
Map Prologue
BOOK ONE: YEARS 960-966 OF
THE MODEN AGE
I: Dahl II: Haka III: Bahvia
BOOK TWO: YEARS 971-976 OF
THE MODERN AGE
IV: Miesa V:Varz VI: Kam
Appendix I: The Estates Appendix II: Glossary Appendix III: The Ruby Dynasty Appendix IV: Timeline About the Author
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