The Aftermath (47 page)
Authors: Ben Bova
“Welcome aboard,” he said gravely.
“Thanks,” said Theo, brushing at his eyes.
“Today we begin our new lives,” said Dorn.
“Yeah. Guess we do.”
With a hint of a smile, Dorn said, “I have a message for you from the ship's medical officer.”
“Altai?”
“Altai Madagascar. She wants to see you in the infirmary as soon as you've stowed your bag in your quarters.”
Theo broke into a happy smile. A new life, he said to himself, looking forward to it.
Ben Bova
is the author of more than a hundred works of science fact and fiction, including
Able One,
Leviathans of Jupiter
and the Grand Tour novels, including
Titan,
winner of John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel of the year. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation in 2005, and in 2008 he won the Robert A. Heinlein Award "for his outstanding body of work in the field of literature." He is President Emeritus of the National Space Society and a past president of Science Fiction Writers of America, and a former editor of
Analog
and former fiction editor of
Omni.
As an editor, he won science fiction's Hugo Award six times. Dr. Bova's writings have predicted the Space Race of the 1960s, virtual reality, human cloning, the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars), electronic book publishing, and much more. He lives in Florida. You can sign up for email updates
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TOR BOOKS BY
BEN BOVA
As on a Darkling Plain
The Astral Mirror
The Best of the Nebulas
(editor)
Colony
Cyberbooks
Gremlins Go Home
(with Gordon R. Dickson)
The Kinsman Saga
The Multiple Man
Orion Among the Stars
Orion and the Conqueror
Orion in the Dying Time
The Starcrossed
Test of Fire
To Fear the Light
(with A. J. Austin)
To Save the Sun
(with A. J. Austin)
The Trikon Deception
(with Bill Pogue)
Vengeance of Orion
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Contents
Ore Ship
Syracuse
: Main Power Bay
Ore Ship
Syracuse
: Master Bedroom
Ore Ship
Syracuse
: Approaching Ceres
Ore Ship
Syracuse
: Backup Command Pod
Columbus, Ohio: Coseti Headquarters
Ore Ship
Syracuse
: The Workshop
Ore Ship
Syracuse
: Theo's Compartment
Ceres Sector: Six Months Later
Ore Ship
Syracuse
: Backup Command Pod
Attack Ship
Viking
: Communications Center
Attack Ship
Viking
: Captain's Quarters
Habitat
Chrysalis II
: Observation Blister
Smelter Ship
Hunter
: Main Airlock
Habitat
Chrysalis II
: George Ambrose's Office
Habitat
Chrysalis II
: Control Center
Attack Ship
Viking
: Weapons Bay
Attack Ship
Viking
: Captain's Quarters
Attack Ship
Viking
: Communications Center
Attack Ship
Viking
: One Month Later
Salvage Ship
Vogeltod
: Two Months Later
Ore Ship
Syracuse
: Backup Command Pod
Cargo Ship
Pleiades
: Solar Storm
Selene: Humphries Space Systems Headquarters
Ore Ship
Syracuse
: Backup Control Pod
Ore Ship
Syracuse
: Living Quarters
Ore Ship
Syracuse
: Family Quarters
Ore Ship
Syracuse
: Pauline's Quarters
Book IV: Atonement and Redemption
Ore Ship
Syracuse
: Backup Command Pod
Smelter Ship
Hunter
: Main Passageway
Cargo Ship
Pleiades
: Main Airlock
Habitat
Chrysalis II
: Council Chairman's Office
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
THE AFTERMATH: BOOK FOUR OF THE ASTEROID WARS
Copyright © 2007 by Ben Bova
All rights reserved.
Edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
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