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Mission to Minerva


When explorers on the Moon found a skeleton in a space suit of strange design,
a baffling mystery began. The skeleton was undeniably human, but carbon dating
showed it was older than the human race itself. The mystery deepened with the
discovery of a wrecked ship on a moon of Jupiter, showing that another race
had once inhabited the Solar System, originating on the now-shattered planet
whose remains form the asteroid belt. Then a ship manned by the humanoid
тАЬgiantsтАЭ returned, bringing with it answers to the riddle of humanityтАЩs
origins. But it brought great danger, as Earth found itself caught in a battle
between a benevolent alien empire, and another offshoot of the human race who
regarded the Earth as their property and were bent on taking it over.

That was in the recent past, and the future now looked bright for Earth, as
trade and knowledge flowed back and forth between Earth and Thuria, the world
the Giants colonized when they left the Solar System aeons ago. Then Dr.
Victor Hunt received a phone callтАФand the face in the phoneтАЩs video screen was
an older version of himself, calling from a parallel world. That was the first
step in bridging the gap between the parallel universes of the тАЬmultiverse.тАЭ
Unfortunately, it also meant that the enemies who had been decisively defeated
in one universe might still be alive and dangerous in another, and could
arrive in force at any time. And the possibility soon became a frightening
reality. . . .

Cover art by Bob Eggleton

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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.

First printing, May 2005

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ISBN: 0-7434-9902-6

Copyright 2005 by James P. Hogan

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A Baen Books Original