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RAVE REVIEWS FOR ERIC VAN LUSTBADER'S SHAN:
Eric Van Lustbader strikes again."
The Houston Post
'His development of power politics is gaining more depth with each novel. . . . Lustbader fans will not be disappointed."
Publishers Weekly
As SHAN draws to a close, the reader, in his eagerness, might be tempted to rush ahead, to see what the next page brings. Don't rush, you might miss something important."
Associated Press
"Lustbader writes some of the most erotic scenes in contemporary fiction."
Newsday

Also By Eric Van Lustbader
Novels of Asia:
The Ninja*
Black Heart*
The Miko*
The China Maroc Trilogy: Jian* Shan*
A Novel of America: Sirens*
The Sunset Warrior Series:
The Sunset Warrior
Shallows of Night
Dai-San
Beneath an Opal Moon
* Published by Fawcett Books

ZERO
Eric Van Lustbader
FAWCETT CREST Х NEW YORK

A Fawcett Crest Book Published by Ballantine Books Copyright й 1988 by Eric Van Lustbader
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Ballantine Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.
Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following for permission to reprint previously published material:
Universal Press Syndicate: An excerpt from an article by Richard Reeves. Copyright й 1987 Universal Press Syndicate. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 87-27225 ISBN 0-449-21682-9
This edition published by arrangement with Random House, Inc.
Manufactured in the United States of America
Calligraphy by Carma Hinton
First International Edition: September 1988

This is for all my friends on Maui,
who helped me discover another side.
Aloha and mahalo.
Most especially,
this is for V.,
whoЧas alwaysЧhelped so much. Zero could not have been bom without her.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Many people were of particular help in the various difficult phases of research for Zero. Thank you.
To Marsha and Bruce, and German John for opening up Kahakuloa to me.
To Bud Davison and his "flight crew" at Butler International for all their aviation lore.
To Frank Toomey, vice-president, Bear, Stearns & Co., Los Angeles, for his explanations of the macro-economics theories that are so vital to the novel.
To Henry for the practicalities of editorial assistance.