“But know this—the Yevetha will never bow our necks to this woman and her hired killers. We will resist her predations to the fullest measure. Her spies and conspirators know that now. Her generals will know it soon. We will resist, and we will prevail.
“We regret the deaths which have already transpired. But they are on her hands, and the hands of those who serve her without question. We have the right to protect ourselves. We will never accept the authority of the Coruscant warlords over our dominion. And we will not tolerate the daughter of Vader meddling in our affairs.
“If you do not renounce her, and you will not restrain her, then be prepared for war.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
MICHAEL P. KUBE-McDOWELL is the pen name of Philadelphia-born novelist Michael Paul McDowell. His highly praised works include the star-spanning 1985 Philip K. Dick Award finalist Emprise and the evocative 1991 Hugo Award nominee The Quiet Pools.
In addition to his eight previous novels, Michael has contributed more than two dozen short stories to leading magazines and anthologies, including Analog, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, After the Flames, and Alternate Warriors. Three of his stories have been adapted as episodes of the horror-fantasy television series Tales from the Darkside. He is the author of more than five hundred nonfiction articles on subjects ranging from “scientific creationism” to the U.S. space program.
A popular guest at SF conventions, Michael is also a member of the cheerfully amateur folk-rock group The Black Book Band, in which he plays guitar, keyboards, and viola. A live album, First Contact, was released in 1995 by Dodeka Records.
Michael resides in central Michigan with artist and modelmaker Gwen Zak, children Matt and Amanda, cats Doc and Captain, and “entirely too many books.” At various times he has called Fairview Village (Camden), New Jersey; East Lansing, Sturgis, and Lansing, Michigan; and Goshen, Indiana, home.
“Kube” is pronounced “CUE-bee.
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