ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
My profound thanks go to—
—my loyal legion of advance readers, but particularly Tom MacCarrol;
—Ian Tregillis, PhD, high-energy physicist at Los Alamos, who vetted the theoretical logic of the Wasserman Drive;
—my late mother, who believed that I could and should pursue the calling and life of an author;
—and my late father, who imbued me with his own interest in the future and the limitless possibilities of space.
But above all, this book is…
DEDICATED TO:
My wife Andrea, without whom it would never have been written.
Interstellar shift links operative as of July, 2118
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(Biogenic worlds are labeled in BOLD FACE)