This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this novel are either fictitious or are used fictitiously.

THE KILLING OF WORLDS: BOOK TWO OF SUCCESSION

Copyright © 2003 by Scott Westerfeld

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Westerfeld, Scott.

The killing of worlds / Scott Westerfeld.—1st ed.

p. cm.—(Succession; bk. 2)

“A Tom Doherty Associates book.”

ISBN: 978-1-4299-8994-7

1. Space ships—Fiction. 2. Immortalism—Fiction. 3. Imperialism—Fiction. 4. Life on other planets—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3573.E854K55 2003
813'.54—dc21

2003056304