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Contents

About this Book

About the Author

Other Books in the Mote Universe

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Cast of Characters

   Imperial Autonetics Majority Shareholders

   Other Humans

      Citizens of the Second Empire of Man

      Saint George, New Utah, and environs

      Saint George True Church Militant Security Zone

      Bonneville and The Barrens, New Utah

   Other Moties

   Other Species

Chronology (Standard Years)

Prologue

Chapter 1: Visitation Rights

Chapter 2: Accrual Methods

Chapter 3: Sanctum, Sanctus, Sancta

Chapter 4: Fairserv

Chapter 5: Knowledge Management

Chapter 6: Hostile Takeover

Chapter 7: Forty Thieves

Chapter 8: The Gathering

Chapter 9: Angels in Heaven

Chapter 10: Verbal Contracts

Chapter 11: Communications Update

Chapter 12: Paternity Suit

Chapter 13: Tortious Intervention

Chapter 14: A Sharp Correction

Chapter 15: Final Accounting

Chapter 16: Chairman of the Board

Chapter 17: Intellectual Property

Chapter 18: Opportunity Investment

Chapter 19: Formal Accession

Epilogue

Appendix

Map of Inhabited Areas of New Utah

True Church of Mormon Organization

   Mormonism

   Church of Him

   Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (“LDS Church”)

   Reformed Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (“LDS Sixers”)

   True Church of Mormon (“True Church” OR “TC”)

   True Church Militant (“TCM”)

Catechism of The Great Weep

   His Gatherings

   His Numbers

   His Tenets

   His Creed

   The Gathering Hymn (Common Notation)

Mesolimeran Tables of Measure

   "Three-Hand,” or “Cattle” Accounting

   Land Accounting

   Commodity Accounting

Asymmetry, Chimerism, and Hermaphroditism in New Utah Swenson’s Apes

   Introduction

   The Planet of the Apes

   Zebras, Mules, and Truth Stranger than Fiction

   The War Between the Sexes

   Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

   Conclusion

Acknowledgements

Back Cover

About This Book

Since first contact with the alien Mote civilization, expansion of the Second Empire of Man has slowed. The Fleet’s attention has become consumed with blocking Motie access to human space—and holding that thin line now depends upon a shaky alliance with the horrifically prolific, technologically brilliant, three-armed Moties themselves. Under the terms of Horace Bury’s will, human and Motie shareholders have also assumed joint control of industrial giant Imperial Autonetics. Still, the Empire decides the fate of worlds. Those already in possession of space-worthy craft may join as Classified systems, and enjoy the benefits of access to new technology, trading rights, and Fleet protection. Those less advanced may be parceled out as colonial concessions. Outworlds that refuse to join risk conquest by zealous commanders intent on preserving the hard-won peace at any cost. Worlds boasting great riches are targeted for quick accession. Those presenting any danger are targeted for quick destruction. Yet, though their very planets depend on guessing the right questions, and delivering the right answers, in the remote backwaters of Imperial space, few of these details are known to the Outies themselves. Set in the first chaotic year following Horace Bury’s death, this gripping sequel to King David’s Spaceship, The Mote in God’s Eye, and The Gripping Hand introduces Asach Quinn, a human character as enigmatic as the alien Moties, and shifts point of view from the vast race across the stars, to the role played in that race by one small rancher, on a world already deemed irrelevant…

About the Author

Dr. J.R. Pournelle is an archaeologist and anthropologist best known for reconstructing landscapes surrounding ancient cities. A Research Fellow at the University of South Carolina’s School of The Environment, and past Mesopotamian Fellow of the American School of Oriental Research, her work in Turkey, Iraq, and the Caucasus has been featured in The New York Times and on The Discovery Channel. In a former life, she received numerous decorations for service as a United States Army intelligence officer and arms control negotiator, and performed reconstruction work in Iraq as a civilian.

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Other books in the Mote Universe

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King David’s Spaceship

Pocket Books by Larry Niven and J.E. Pournelle

The Mote in God’s Eye

The Gripping Hand

Outies

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J. R. Pournelle

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New Brookland Press

West Columbia, SC 29169

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.