If you purchase this book without a cover you should be aware that this bookmay have been stolen property and reported as quotunsold and destroyedquot to thepublisher. In such case neither the author nor the publisher has received anypayment for this quotstripped book.quotWARNER BOOKS EDITIONCopyright ?? 1992 by C. J. Cherryh All rights reserved.Questar is a registered trademark of Warner Books Inc.Cover design by Don Puckey Cover illustration by Don Maitz Hand lettering byRichard NebioloWarner Books Inc.1271 Avenue of the AmericasNew York NY 10020IA Time Warner Company Printed in the United States of AmericaOriginally published in hardcover by Warner Books. First Printed in Paperback:June 199310 98765432 ICHAPTER1STOCKHOLM Is a city of islands and gardens a stunningly eclecticarchitectural mix from the Wgsdagshus to the 23rd century Cariberg Museumfrom the restored Riddarsholm Kyrka to the Academy gardens...Founded in the mid 13th century the dry of Stockholm holds abundant evidenceof a thousand years of Baltic seafaring tradition plus a lively nightllfecentered in modem Gustavsholm—Ben indexed through the motile pictures and the text the statistics aboutrainfall and mean average temperature which the Guide cautioned a visitor didnot in any sense mean a constant temperature. Useless statistic—unless onecontemplated Antarctica where a mean temperature of -57° C and an averagehours of sunlight only slightly better than Sol Station core meant Ben Pollardhad no interest in McMurdo Base. Ben Pollard had seen a good deal of cold anddark and rock in his life. Old rock. This 13th century business?? CJ. CHBWHamazed him. The whole damn human race dated itself in eighteenths of Jupiterspasses about the sun to the astonishingly recent number of about 10k suchfractions if you