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BEYOND THE VEIL OF STARS
Robert Reed

This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious, and
any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.

Copyright (c) 1994 by Robert Reed

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

This book is printed on acid-free paper.

A Tor Book

Published by Tom Doherty Associates, Inc.
175 Fifth Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10010

Tor (r) is a registered trademark of Tom Doherty Associates, Inc. Design by Lynn Newmark
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Reed, Robert.
Beyond the veil of stars / Robert Reed.
p. cm.

"A Tom Doherty Associates Book." ISBN 0-312-85730-6 I. Title.
PS3568.E3696B45 1994 813'.54-dc20
94-2352 CIP
First edition: June 1994
Printed in the United States of America
0987654321




To my brother, Charles Q.




CHANGE


1
WHAT CORNELL LOVED BEST WAS THE DRIVING, THAT SMOOTH act of
motion, with him looking out through the smudged glass as the countryside flowed
around them. They typically traveled on little highways and white graveled roads,
past fields and long shelterbelts, muddy ponds and the occasional farmstead-a
slumping barn, perhaps, and shiny aluminum silos, garages for giant tractors and
someone's house in the middle of it all. Most of the farmhouses were modern,
suburban and unimpressive; but the old ones possessed a palpable dignity, tall