Exiled: Clan of the Claw, Book One

250 Pages·2011·1.11 MB·English

by  S.M. Stirling

EXILED
CLAN OF THE CLAW
BOOK ONE
S.M. Stirling
Harry Turtledove
Jody Lynn Nye
John Ringo
Michael Z. Williamson
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Exiled: Clan of the Claw

This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are
fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

Copyright © 2011 by Bill Fawcett & Associates
Introduction Copyright © 2011 by Bill Fawcett & Associates “The Mrem Go
West” Copyright © 2011 by Harry Turtledove “A Little Power” Copyright ©
2011 by S.M. Stirling “Battle’s Tide” Copyright © 2011 by Michael Z.
Williamson “Cata” Copyright © 2011 by John Ringo & Jody Lynn Nye
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof
in any form.

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ISBN: 978-1-4391-3441-2

Cover art by Stephen Hickman
First printing, August 2011

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Exiled : clan of the claw / Harry Turtledove…[et. al.].
p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-4391-3441-2 (hc : alk. paper) 1. Science fiction, American. 2.
Bronze age—Fiction. 3. Prehistoric peoples—Fiction. 4. Evolution (Biology)—
Fiction. I. Turtledove, Harry.
PS648.S3E87 2011
813’.087620806—dc23
2011020951

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