Authors: Anne Mccaffrey
Second Wave (38 page)
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is the author of
Channeling Cleopatra, Cleopatra 7.2,
and the Nebula Award–winning
The Healer’s War
, as well as more than twenty science fiction and fantasy novels. She lives in the Puget Sound area of Washington State.
www.annemccaffrey.org
www.eascarborough.com
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Second Wave
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An illustrated novel featuring stories by Micky Zucker Reichert, Jody Lynn Nye, and Roman A. Ranieri
Jacket design by Ervin Serrano
Jacket illustration by Chris McGrath
This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
SECOND WAVE
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Mobipocket Reader July 2006 ISBN 0-06-119754-8
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ISBN-13: 978-0-06-052540-8
ISBN-10: 0-06-052540-1
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Table of Contents
Glossary of Terms and Proper Names in the Acorna Universe
Brief Notes on the Linyaari Language