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 WITH THE
LIGHTNINGS
DAVID DRAKE
 This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real
people or incidents is purely coincidental.

Copyright ┬й 1998 by David Drake

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.

A Baen Books Original

Baen Publishing Enterprises
P.O. Box 1403
Riverdale, NY 10471

ISBN: 0-671-57818-9
ISBN: 0-671-57886-3

Cover art by David Mattingly

First paperback printing, July 1999

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication No. 98-6745



Distributed by Simon & Schuster
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020


Typeset by Windhaven Press, Auburn, NH
Printed in the United States of America
 DEDICATION

To A[rielle] Heather Wood
More widely known as The Heather Wood


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

IтАЩm afraid that I use machines and people very hard when IтАЩm focused on a project. The
-machines tend to break; the people, my friends, do not. Sincere thanks to Dan Breen; Jim Baen and
Toni Weisskopf; Mark L. Van Name and Allyn Vogel; Sandra and John Miesel;
and my wife Jo.

BOY MEETS GIRL тАж
Daniel closed the metal covers of the book, then looked directly at Adele. тАЬI donтАЩt mean to intrude in another
citizenтАЩs business, mistress,тАЭ he said, тАЬbut my manservant Hogg is very good at finding people who can change things.