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MUTINEERS' MOON
David Weber


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

Copyright (c) 1991 by David Weber

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

A Baen Books Original
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ISBN: 0-671-72085-6

Cover art by Paul Alexander

First printing, October 1991
Second printing, October 1994

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INTO THE FIELD OF FIRE
The tunnel seemed endless, yet the end was upon him almost before he realized
it, and he lunged up another ladder. The shaft was sealed, but he was already
probing at it, spotting the catch, heaving it up with a mighty shoulder. He
burst into the night air . . . and his senses were suddenly afire with more
power sources. More combat armor! Coming from behind in the prodigious leaps
of jump gear and waiting in the woods ahead, as well!
He tried to unlimber his own energy gun, but a torrent of energy crashed over
him, and he cried out as every implant in his body screamed in protest. He
writhed, fighting it, clinging to the torment of awareness.
It was a capture field--not a killing blast of energy, but something
infinitely worse. A police device that locked his synthetic muscles with
brutal power.
He toppled forward under the impetus of his last charge, crashing to the
ground half-in and half-out of the tunnel. He fought the encroaching darkness,
smashing at it with all the fury of his enraged will, but it swept over him.
The last thing he saw was a tornado of light as the trees exploded with energy
fire. He carried the vision down into the dark with him, dimly aware of its
importance.