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THE DUSHAU TRIlOGY#3
OUTREACH
JACQUELINE LICHTENBERG
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To Mary Brice.
May She Rest in Peace.
Never has a mother been more deeply loved.

Acknowledgments
My deepest gratitude goes to the large number of friends who have supported me and my family throughout the adversities of this very difficult year when unexpected trips added to scheduled trips put me on the road for more than half the year, and behind schedule the rest of the time.
If it weren't for Katie Filipowicz, former editor of Zeor Forum, and her incredible dedication in proofreading without her reading glasses, this book would not be finished yet.
I need to thank Kerry Schaefer for taking over editing and distributing the Sime/Gen fanzine Ambrov Zeor, and Cheryl Gloger for taking on the Sime/Gen fanzine Zeor Forum, and Karen Litman, editor of the Sime/Gen fanzine Companion in Zeor for keeping the mail from stacking up over my head this year.
Those who read and commented on this manuscript deserve battle ribbons and decorations: Anne Pinzow, executive editor of Ambrov Zeor, heroic taper of Doctor WhoЧthe television program which inspired this trilogy along with Andre Norton's Star RangersЧand staunch personal friend of my family; Kerry Schaefer, a writer of considerable insight; my daughter Gail, a stringent critic; and Katie Filipowicz, who sacrificed the chance to read the whole novel at once in order to comment chapter by chapter.
And then there are all those who supplied the support necessary to keep going through the most frustrating of times: my husband Salomon, who definitely wins the Purple Heart and several awards of valor; my daughters, Gail and Debbie, who

have had to get along without "Ma!" for long periods through some of their toughest high-school years; my father, who accepts me when I need accepting; and my dearest friends, Anne Pinzow, Katie Filipowicz, and Roberta Mendelson. Roberta has read and commented on the Dushau to good effect. She, Anne, and Katie have all pitched in to teach my daughters the graces and skills, spending many hours doing what I could not when I could not.
Yet another invaluable group has been the dear friends scattered about the country, who have written or called me with news of new vampire novels or other items of good cheer, or who have shown me their manuscripts. Sometimes I really need a "good read." I expect some of these gems to turn up on the' stands soon.
There is one other source of inspiration for this trilogy that I'd like to recommend you read: John Brunner's novel titled Polymath, which is about the ecology of colonizing planets.
I learned about kinesiology from Kelly and Polly Freas at Maplecon, in Ottawa, Canada, in 1984. I do hope readers of this book will look up this technique and try it out. It's real.
And, of course, I must acknowledge the contribution that John Nathan Turner and all the other creators of the television show, Doctor Who, have inadvertently made to this project. The use of Zen and other philosophies within an adventure format, the confrontation with such issues as what holds the universe together, the difference between good and evil, and the essence of companionship make this apparently trivial children's show into a literary classic.
I'd like to offer my gratitude to James Frost, my editor at Questar, for his patience and faith.
And there is no way to repay such wonderful people as Andre Norton, who wrote Star Rangers; Katherine Kurtz, who didn't really intend to read DUSHAU at all, but did, Jean Lorrah my sometimes co-author, who never does less than her best and won't let me slack off, either; Jean Airey, who showed me depths of The Doctor I'd never have found by myself, and Marion Zimmer BradleyЧwho is just plain magic.

Acknowledgements ix
These and many other sources of energy, including the Ineffable, have made this book possible.
To comment on this or any of my other novels (I do read and ponder every comment) or for information about current availability of novels in my Dushau, Kren, or Sime/Gen Universes, and/or information on the various Sime/Gen fanzines, send a SELF-ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOP with your specific request to:
AMBROV ZEOR
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Monsey, NY, 10952

Contents
ONE Wedding Trial 1
TWO Krinata's Fever 19
THREE A Simple Job 35
FOUR Trap 51
FIVE Cassrian Hatchery 73
six Break-in 99
SEVEN Gamble 115