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   Raising a hand, he said, “Words, I know. Just words. But we can give them meaning if we live by them. And we have no choice, if our people are to live in freedom and security, instead of tyranny and fear. When this new Lincoln takes to the stars, eighteen months from now, the first of a planned fleet of twelve, all named for great peacemakers of the past, it will, we hope, herald a new era. A brighter era.”

   “For if it does not, it will be our final era, and there will be nobody left to write our histories. Thank you all.”

   The crowd rose again, thunderous applause filling the hangar, and Benedetti walked over to him, shaking her head, saying, “You realize the nightmare you’re going to run into trying to make it work, right?”

   “You’re the one who volunteered to be my wing commander.”

   “That’s different,” she said. “I just have to fly fighters for a living. You’ll have to babysit dozens of governments, resolve disputes between worlds we haven’t seen yet...”

   “All true,” he replied, gesturing up at the flag. “Still, it’s going to be fun.”

   “We have different definitions of that word.”

   “Trust me,” he said with a smile. “It’ll work. It has to.”

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  Table of Contents

  Contents

  Prologue

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Chapter 23

  Chapter 24

  Chapter 25

  Chapter 26

  Chapter 27

  Epilogue

 

 

 


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