Oath of Fealty
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First printing, January 2008 Distributed by Simon & Schuster Printed in the United States of America |
ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-5516-2
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Oath of Fealty
Cover Art by Kurt Miller |
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First printing, January 2008 Distributed by Simon & Schuster Printed in the United States of America |
ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-5516-2
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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 © 1981 by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
A Baen Books Original
Baen Publishing Enterprises
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Riverdale, NY 10471
www.baen.com
ISBN 10: 1-4165-5516-1
ISBN 13: 978-1-4165-5516-2
Cover art by Kurt Miller
First Baen printing, January 2008
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
Printed in the United States of America
Art Bonner began moving off the fast lane again. An elevator was waiting for him, of course, and there were two uniformed men next to it. All through Todos Santos the Security people would be moving quietly into place, just in case there were more to this attack than just three intruders in uninhabited areas.
Maintenance and engineering and the fire department would be on alert, too. If the hydrogen lines went, even if there wasn't a fire, Todos Santos would come grinding to a halt. It took energy to run the city. Less than the same people would need if they were scattered out in hundreds of thousands of buildings, of course, but it took plenty.
He limped off the pedway, acknowledged the guards with a wave, and entered the elevator, twitching while it rose. How's Pres taking it? He's killed two people! The elevator loosed him and he ran for Preston Sanders's office, angling sideways to favor the bad leg.
