Theron—a native of Theroc.

thism—faint racial telepathic link from Mage-Imperator to the Ildiran people.

Thor’h—eldest noble-born son of Jora’h, destined to become the next Prime Designate.

Throne Hall—the King’s main receiving room in the Whisper Palace.

Thunderhead—mobile weapons platform in Earth Defense Forces.

Trade Standard—common language used in Hanseatic League.

transgate—hydrogue point-to-point transportation system.

treeling—a small worldtree sapling, often transported in an ornate pot.

troop carrier—personnel transport ship in Ildiran Solar Navy.

Tylar, Crim—Roamer skyminer on Ptoro.

Unison—standardized government-sponsored religion for official activities on Earth.

UR—Roamer compy, Governess-model, at Rendezvous.

Vao’sh—Ildiran rememberer.

Vichy—one of the eleven generation ships from Earth, eighth to depart.

Voracious Curiosity—Rlinda Kett’s merchant ship.

warglobe—hydrogue spherical attack vessel.

warliner—largest class of Ildiran battleship.

Welyr—gas giant, site of Roamer skymine destroyed by hydrogues.

Wen, Thara—early settler on Theroc, from generation ship Caillié. First person to become linked with worldforest.

Wenceslas, Basil—Chairman of the Terran Hanseatic League.

Whisper Palace—magnificent seat of the Hansa government.

worldforest—the interconnected, semisentient forest based on Theroc.

worldtree—a separate tree in the interconnected, semisentient forest based on Theroc.

worm hive—large nest built by hive worms on Theroc, spacious enough to be used for human habitation.

wyvern—large flying predator on Theroc.

Yarrod—green priest, younger brother of Mother Alexa.

Yreka—fringe Terran colony world.

Yura’h—previous Mage-Imperator, ruled at time of first encounter with human generation ships.

Zan’nh—Ildiran officer, eldest son of Prime Designate Jora’h.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

KEVIN J. ANDERSON’S novels, including Hopscotch, Climbing Olympus, and Blindfold, have sold more than fifteen million copies worldwide. Nominated for the Nebula, Bram Stoker, and SFX Reader’s Choice Awards, Anderson established the Guinness world record for the largest single-author book signing. Kevin J. Anderson lives in Colorado. He welcomes reader feedback via his Web site at www.wordfire.com. Watch for Book 2 of this series, A Forest of Stars, available in July 2003.

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JESS TAMBLYN

Across the Spiral Arm, the gas-giant planets held secrets, dangers, and treasure. For a century and a half, harvesting vital stardrive fuel from the cloud worlds had been a lucrative business for the Roamers.

Five years before, though, that had all changed.

Like vicious guard dogs, the destructive hydrogues had forbidden all skymines from approaching the gas giants they claimed as their territory. The embargo had crippled the Roamer economy, the Terran Hanseatic League, and the Ildiran Empire. Many brave or foolish entrepreneurs had defied the hydrogues’ ultimatum. They had paid with their lives. Dozens of skymines were destroyed. The deep-core aliens were unstoppable and ruthless.