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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

A
LLEN
S
TEELE
is a Hugo Award–winning author whose hard science fiction is recognized for its promotion of space exploration. He lives in Massachusetts. You can sign up for email updates
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Contents

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Prologue

Book One: The Legion of Tomorrow

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Interlude: Affair with a Dreamer

Book Two: The Prodigal Son

Illustration: Galactique

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Interlude: Ghost of a Writer

Book Three: The Long Wait

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Interlude: Arrival

Book Four: The Children of Gal

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Bibliography

About the Author

Copyright

 

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.

 

ARKWRIGHT

 

Copyright © 2016 by Allen Steele

 

Interior illustration © 2016 by Allen Steele and Rob Caswell

 

All rights reserved.

 

Parts of this novel were first published, in substantially shorter and different form, in
Asimov's Science Fiction
in 2014 through 2015.

 

Cover art by Victor Mosquera

 

Cover design by FORT

 

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ISBN 978-0-7653-8215-3 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-4668-8643-8 (e-book)

 

e-ISBN 9781466886438

 

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First Edition: March 2016

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