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Heris Serrano
by Elizabeth Moon
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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 © 2002 by Elizabeth Moon.
Hunting Party
copyright ©
1993,
Sporting Chance
copyright © 1994,
Winning Colors
copyright © 1995, all by Elizabeth Moon.
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or
portions thereof in any form.
A Baen Books Original Omnibus
Baen Publishing Enterprises
P.O. Box 1403
Riverdale, NY 10471
www.baen.com
ISBN: 0-7434-3552-4
Cover art by Gary Ruddell
First printing, August 2002
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Moon, Elizabeth.
Heris Serrano / by Elizabeth Moon.
p. cm.
"Heris Serrano has been previously published in parts as
Hunting party,
Sporting chance and Winning colors."
ISBN 0-7434-3552-4 (pbk)
1. Science fiction, American. 2. Serrano, Heris (Ficticious
character)—Fiction. 3. Women in astronautics—Fiction. 4.
Life on other planets—Fiction.
5. Interstellar travel—Fiction. 6. Space ships—Fiction. I.
Title.
PS3563.O557 H47 2002
813'.54—dc21 2002023203
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
Production by Windhaven Press, Auburn, NH
Printed in the United States of America
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BEWARE—
THEY'RE SENDING IN THE AUNTS!
"I found Brun and Sirkin," Cecelia informed Heris. "We're all safe." The
following pause was eloquent; even over an audio-only link Cecelia could easily
imagine Heris searching for a telling phrase.
"You're not
safe
," Heris said finally. "You're square in the midst of a military
action. This system is under attack by the Benignity; their ships are in the outer
system now, and I need that yacht and its weapons . . . not three useless civilians
who were
supposed
to be down on the surface digging in."
Anger flared. "Civilians aren't
always
useless. If you can remember that far
back, one of them saved your life on Sirialis."
"True. I'm sorry. It just . . . the question is, what now? I can't get you to safety
onplanet . . . if that's safe."
"So quit worrying about it. Do you think I'm worried about dying?"
"I . . . you just got rejuved."
"So I did. It didn't eliminate my eighty-odd years of experience, or make me
timid. If I die, I die . . . but in the meantime, why not let me help?"
A chuckle. She could imagine Heris's face. "Lady Cecelia, you are inimitable.
Get yourself up to the bridge; someone will find you a place. I'll let the
commander know you're coming."
"Good hunting, Heris," Cecelia said. She felt a pleasant tingle of anticipation.
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