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Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Epilogue




Christopher Stasheff
THE WARLOCK'S COMPANION

ACE BOOKS, NEW YORK

This book is an Ace original edition, and has never been previously published.
THE WARLOCK'S COMPANION
An Ace Book/published by arrangement with the author

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Ace edition/December 1988
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 Prologue
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Jose frowned at the screen and typed, "RUN COPY BRAIN." The screen went blank,
then rippled into a display of cues and standard responses. "LOAD BRAINPAN."
Jose squeezed his eyes shut and gave his head a shake. Time enough to think
about Marcia later. Right now, he was on the job. He was being paid for this, and he
wouldn't get any money if he didn't do the job right. In fact, he wouldn't have a job. He
hit the keystroke that opened the window to the production lab below and typed,
"CHECK BRAINPAN."
The words "BRAINPAN LOADED" rippled across the screen.
Jose nodded, feeling satisfied to know that, in the sterilized white room below, a
technician had clamped a stainless steel basketball into the padded hemisphere that
would hold it while the program was copied into it. The sphere held a brand-new robot
brain, a giant crystal, a three-dimensional lattice that could hold a pattern of electrical
charges forever, but was so far just a carefully-grown rock. The technician had