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Size: 4x1x6; No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. spine creasing, some

Size: 4x1x6; No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. spine creasing, some edge wear; Baen Original-first printing. Orestes was a cruel world, cold and inhospitable. Its first colonists were castaways from a crash landing, clinging to survival through the institution of strict socio-political controls. Over the generations, life grew somewhat easier, but the code of honor remained. Misdeeds, and errors, were paid for with blood. At one time all miscreants were executed. Now, a social death is imposed. Every Orestian city has a colony of ghosts: ostracized citizens who must survive, somehow, without help from the living. But galactic civilization is spreading-and Orestes is in its path. The old ways are under scrutiny. And though Orestian aristocracy will fight for the status quo, they have not reckoned with the power of a thousand ghosts...

A very good reading copy. Can show some minor wear.

A very good reading copy. Can show some minor wear.