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Games of Command
Linnea Sinclair



This bit of space opera romance silliness is dedicated, with thanks, to:


Janie Blankenship, RN, DON, aka Doc Eden, who kindly and with much
encouragement let me reinvent her real life into an intergalactic adventure
(and borrow one of her cats for the story as well);
Commander Carla Arpin, my publicist, who graciously permitted me to
up her to the rank of admiral in the U-Cee Fleet;
My readers and fans at the Intergalactic Bar & Grille, who constantly
pestered me for a resolution to Sass and Kel-PatenтАЩs story and were
patientтАФand faithfulтАФfor its return;
Intergalactic Bar & Grille regular and creative partner April тАЬCosmic
WenchтАЭ Koenig for the тАЬdiscoveryтАЭ of McClellanтАЩs Void (also known as
Dreehalla):




The Danvari call it Dreehalla, the mother of the universe. The KrylleтАЩs
word for it is simply a popping sound, which literally translates to
тАЬdevourer of all that is good and evil.тАЭ The Rebashee donтАЩt give it a name
but when speaking of it make an odd symbol with their fingers to protect
them from its taking notice of them. Us? We call it simply McClellanтАЩs
Void, McClellanтАЩs Lie, McClellanтАЩs Folly... named after the fleet captain
who went in and lived to tell the taleтАФor so he claims.



And the following Bar regulars for their creative assistance with naming
the following: DegunтАЩs Luck (Gerard Gourion), Crylocs (Mo Boylan),
Morrassian Mists (Ken), and Asterion (Linda Durkin).
My crit partners, author Stacey тАЬSilver SpoonтАЭ Klemstein and Lynne
тАЬLiberrry LadyтАЭ Welch; and readers Donna Kuhn and Michelle
Williamson, who put up with my mad rambling e-mails and desperate
pleas for feedback with such panache;
My editor, Anne тАЬGemstoneтАЭ Groell, and my agent, Kristin тАЬLetтАЩs Try
That Martini NextтАЭ Nelson, for not letting me give up;
My husband, Rob Bernadino, who after twenty-six years still finds me
amusing;
And to Daiquiri, my real-life Tank the Furzel, and his little buddy, Miss
Doozy, who perhaps will get her own book someday... .