ZERO ZONE
Copyright © 2020 by Scott O’Connor
First hardcover edition: 2020
First paperback edition: 2021
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events is unintended and entirely coincidental.
The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:
Names: O’Connor, Scott, author.
Title: Zero zone : a novel / Scott O’Connor.
Description: First hardcover edition. | Berkeley, California : Counterpoint Press, 2020.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020001930 | ISBN 9781640093737 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781640093744 (ebook)
Subjects: GSAFD: Fantasy fiction. | Science fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3615.C595 Z47 2020 | DDC 813/.6—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020001930
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-64009-489-5
Jacket design by Jaya Miceli
Book design by Jordan Koluch
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