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HReenee felt abundantly significant She was on a ship that had killed! A
spacer that had destroyed dozens of spacecraft and slain thousands of
Galactics. She gazed at her hands. The single claw in each middle finger had
extruded unconsciously. She studied them closely. Beautiful curved talons. She
slashed playfully at the viewing port as if she were tearing out the guts of
the spacers with her own hands. She smiled. SPACEWAYS #1 OF ALIEN
BONDAGE #2 CORUNDUM'S WOMAN #3 ESCAPE FROM MACHO #4 SATANA ENSLAVED #5
MASTER OF MISFIT #6 PURRFECT PLUNDER #7 THE MANHUNTRESS #8 UNDER TWIN
SUNS #9 IN QUEST OF QALARA #10 THE YOKE OF SHEN #11 THE ICEWORLD
CONNECTION #12 STAR SLAVER #13 JONUTA RISING! #14 ASSIGNMENT:
HELLHOLE #15 STARSHIP SAPPHIRE #16 THE PLANET MURDERER #17 THE
CARNADYNE HORDE BERKLEY BOOKS, NEW YORK The poem Scarlet Hills copyright
(c) 1982 by Ann Morris; used by permission of the author. SPACEWAYS #17: THE
CARNADYNE HORDE A Berkley Book/published by arrangement with the
author PRINTING HISTORY Berkley edition/May 1984 All rights
reserved. Copyright (c) 1984 by John Cleve. Cover illustration by Ken
Barr. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, by mimeograph or
any other means, without permission. For information address: The Berkley
Publishing Group, 200 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, 10016. ISBN:
0-425-06990-7 A BERKLEY BOOK (r) TM 757,375 The name "BERKLEY" and the
stylized "B" with design are trademarks belonging to Berkley Publishing
Corporation. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA for Veronica N.
Beckett- Spacefarer and Friend SCARLET HILLS Alas, fair ones, my time has
come. I must depart your lovely home- Seek the bounds of this galaxy To find
what lies beyond. (chorus) Scarlet hills and amber skies, Gentlebeings with
loving eyes; All these I leave to search for a dream That will cure the
wand'rer in me. You say it must be glamorous For those who travel out
through space. You know not the dark, endless night Nor the solitude we
face. (reprise chorus) I know not of my journey's end Nor the time nor toll
it will have me spend. But I must see what I've never seen And know what
I've never known. Scarlet hills and amber skies, Gentlebeings with loving
eyes; All these I leave to search for a dream That will cure the wand'rer in
me. -Ann Morris We do not feel quite so powerless before a corrupt municipal
police force as before a corrupt federal government (and military), simply
because the scale of the former is not so overwhelming. How could we possibly
confront the corruption and criminality of the state itself? -Carl
Oglesby 1 The bigger they are, the harder they hit you. -Sharjar of Bleak She
watched the destruction of the spacer in total silence. From the instant her
ship, Black Dawn, appeared from nowhere in the path of the freighter Abraxis,
she spoke not a word. Tura ak Saiping tossed her head impatiently to one side,
throwing a glistening swirl of hair behind her. It whipped and curled like an
ebony wave in the zero-G of her con-cabin. She had to concentrate on her
actions without the distraction of that fine mane. Long slender fingers tapped
at the keyboard of her Ship Inboard Processing and Computing Unit (Modular).
SI-PACUM responded instantly. Silently. The moment she appeared in front of