SCATTERED SUNS The Saga of Seven Suns Book 04 Kevin J Anderson BOOKS BY KEVIN J. ANDERSON The Saga of Seven Suns Available from Warner Aspect Hidden Empire A Forest of Stars Horizon Storms Scattered Suns Book 5 coming in July 2006 Available from Wildstorm/DC Comics Veiled Alliances(graphic novel) TO JOHN SILBERSACK, my first editor, current agent, and longtime friend ACKNOWLEDGMENTS B y the fourth book in theSaga of Seven Suns , the list of people who have helped me begins to rival the epic cast of characters. In particular, I would like to thank the editorial squad of Jaime Levine, Devi Pillai, John Jarrold, Melissa Weatherill, and Ben Ball; expert advisers and just plain hard workers Catherine Sidor and Diane Jones; sharp-eyed reader Geoffrey Girard; agents John Silbersack, Robert Gottlieb, Kate Scherler, and Kim Whalen at Trident Media Group. And, as always, my wife Rebecca Moesta for keeping my writing, and my life, on the best possible path. A DF Books NERDs Release This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental. Copyright © 2005 by WordFire, Inc. All rights reserved. Aspect Warner Books Time Warner Book Group 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020 Visit our Web site at www.twbookmark.com. The Aspect name and logo are registered trademarks of Warner Books. ISBN: 0-7595-1516-6 First eBook Edition: July 2005 Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS THE STORY SO FAR 1 ADMIRAL LEV STROMO 2 NIKKO CHAN TYLAR 3 KING PETER 4 OSIRA’H 5 ADAR ZAN’NH 6 PRIME DESIGNATE THOR’H 7 ADMIRAL LEV STROMO 8 CESCA PERONI 9 JESS TAMBLYN 10 TASIA TAMBLYN 11 ROBB BRINDLE 12 ADAR ZAN’NH 13 ORLI COVITZ 14 QUEEN ESTARRA 15 ADAR ZAN’NH 16 CELLI 17 DENN PERONI 18 TASIA TAMBLYN 19 CESCA PERONI 20 ANTON COLICOS 21 RLINDA KETT 22 ORLI COVITZ 23 DD 24 ADAR ZAN’NH 25 KING PETER 26 MAGE-IMPERATOR JORA’H 27 OSIRA’H 28 TASIA TAMBLYN 29 ADAR ZAN’NH 30 KING PETER 31 OSIRA’H 32 RLINDA KETT 33 ORLI COVITZ 34 BASIL WENCESLAS 35 PATRICK FITZPATRICK III 36 CESCA PERONI 37 KOTTO OKIAH 38 TASIA TAMBLYN 39 DENN PERONI 40 IMPERATOR RUSA’H 41 ADAR ZAN’NH 42 DOBRO DESIGNATE UDRU’H 43 OSIRA’H 44 NIRA 45 BENETO 46 BASIL WENCESLAS 47 KING PETER 48 GENERAL KURT LANYAN 49 TASIA TAMBLYN 50 JESS TAMBLYN 51 CESCA PERONI 52 ANTON COLICOS 53 MAGE-IMPERATOR JORA’H 54 SAREIN 55 BASIL WENCESLAS 56 TASIA TAMBLYN 57 BRANSON ROBERTS 58 ORLI COVITZ 59 DD 60 KOTTO OKIAH 61 PATRICK FITZPATRICK III 62 MAUREEN FITZPATRICK 63 ADAR ZAN’NH 64 ANTON COLICOS 65 CESCA PERONI 66 ADMIRAL LEV STROMO 67 PRINCE DANIEL 68 RLINDA KETT 69 DENN PERONI 70 MAGE-IMPERATOR JORA’H 71 NIRA 72 CELLI 73 SULLIVAN GOLD 74 JESS TAMBLYN 75 PRINCE DANIEL 76 SULLIVAN GOLD 77 TASIA TAMBLYN 78 MAGE-IMPERATOR JORA’H 79 CELLI