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Conquerors' Legacy


Timothy Zahn

Conquerors' Legacy

Conquerors Saga, book 3




DEDICATION

For several years now, from time to time, he has been supplying me with little tidbits
of ideas; and up to now he has not received a proper public acknowledgment of my
gratitude. With this book, it's time to set that right.

So here goes. The suggestion that part of this book be from Max's point of view came
from him. So did the hand-built model that inspired the design of the Peacekeepers'
Wolf Pack. For these ideas, for those that have come before, and for those that are
undoubtedly yet to come, I dedicate this book to my son: CORWIN ZAHN




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Directly ahead, the sky was a brilliant and cloudless blue. All around, at the distant circle of the
horizon, the browns and grays and pale greens of the planetscape hazed with an odd seamlessness
into the blue of the sky. Above and slightly aft, the planet's sun was a pale, red-orange globe.

Directly beneath was enemy territory.

"Samurai, I'm picking up response activity," the voice of the backstop Corvine's tail man came in
Commander Rafe Taoka's ear. "Thirty-four klicks aft. Can't tell what kind of craft yet, but I read five
of them."

"Tally that," Taoka's own tail man, Juggler, confirmed. "Also tally Talisman's count."

"Acknowledged," Taoka said, twitching his left eyelid to call up the tactical/sensor view aft of his
Catbird fighter. The image superimposed itself on the enhanced forward view racing past beneath
him, and he took a moment to study the flashing circles Juggler had marked. No vehicles showing


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yet, but the false-color scheme definitely indicated thermal and turbulence signatures. "Gusto, give
yourself another half klick upтАФI want Talisman to keep an eye on those signatures back there.
Juggler, Argus: you two stay sharp on forward wedge scan."