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  1. Title page
  2. CONTENTS
  3. ONE
  4. TWO
  5. THREE
  6. FOUR
  7. FIVE
  8. SIX
  9. SEVEN
  10. EIGHT
  11. NINE
  12. TEN
  13. ELEVEN
  14. TWELVE
  15. THIRTEEN
  16. FOURTEEN
  17. FIFTEEN
  18. SIXTEEN
  19. SEVENTEEN
  20. EIGHTEEN
  21. NINETEEN
  22. TWENTY
  23. TWENTY-ONE
  24. TWENTY-TWO
  25. TWENTY-THREE
  26. TWENTY-FOUR
  27. TWENTY-FIVE
  28. TWENTY-SIX
  29. TWENTY-SEVEN
  30. TWENTY-EIGHT
  31. Acknowledgements
  32. By Gary Gibson
  33. Copyright page

This morning, before I walked into town, I finished writing all of this down. It is, by far, the longest thing I’ve written in one go in my whole damn life. I had delayed writing it too long, always with the thought in the back of my head that something could happen to me. And, if it does, then a third iteration of Jerry Beche – should he be retrieved – would lack the opportunity to read the words of his own direct predecessor.

I hope that never proves necessary. But just in case it does, I want him to know everything I do. I’m going to give the letter – Christ, it’s practically a novel – to someone to look after. Maybe Yuichi, or Chloe, or maybe both. And if the day comes, and some other Jerry emerges blinking into the sunshine outside the medical facility, they’ll be waiting for him with these words in hand.

Dear Jerry, the story begins, I’m you. I’m guessing whoever gave you this told you that already. But take it from one who knows, it’s a hard thing to get your head around. Like the first Jerry Beche, who came before me like I came before you, I originate from a parallel reality to yours. One so thinly separated from your own that they are, by any measurable standard, identical . . .

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

I am indebted to my wife, Emma Gibson, for her continued support and encouragement.

Also in memory of Dorothy Lumley, my former and first agent, and with thanks to John Jarrold, my new agent. Both have long proven themselves adept at keeping authors out of the Sarlacc Pit.

By Gary Gibson

By Gary Gibson

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Empire of Light

Final Days

The Thousand Emperors

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Extinction Game

Copyright page

First published 2014 by Tor

This electronic edition published 2014 by Tor
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ISBN 978-0-230-77271-7

Copyright © Gary Gibson 2014

Cover Illustration by Steve Stone

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