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Copyright © 2018 by John G. Hemry
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Campbell, Jack (Naval officer)
Title: Ascendant / Jack Campbell.
Description: New York : Ace, 2018. | Series: The Genesis fleet ; 2
Identifiers: LCCN 2017043848 | ISBN 9781101988374 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781101988381 (e-book)
Subjects: LCSH: Space colonies—Fiction. | Space warfare—Fiction. | BISAC: FICTION / Science Fiction / Military. | FICTION / Science Fiction / Adventure. | FICTION / War & Military. | GSAFD: Science fiction. | War stories.
Classification: LCC PS3553.A4637 A94 2018 | DDC 813/.54—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017043848
First Edition: May 2018
Cover illustration by Jaime Jones
Cover design by Katie Anderson
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.