Alien Blood (Psion / Catspaw)

by Joan D. Vinge

Other authors: Dean Morrissey (Cover designer)

Series: Cat Series (Omnibus 1-2)

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Psion by Joan D. Vinge

Catspaw by Joan D. Vinge

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Epigraph

[With his glared off face glued back into position
A dean man's eyes plugged back into his sockets
A dead man's heart screwed in under his ribs
His tattered guts stitched back into position
His shattered brains covered with a steel cowl]
He comes forward a step,
and a step,
and a step-
-Ted Hughes

We are afraid of truth, afraid of fortune, afraid of death, and afraid of each other. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

To understand a cat, you must realize that he has his own gifts, his own viewpoint, even his own morality. -Lilian Jackson Braun

Dedication

To Carol Pugner, who always believed in Cat.
And to Andre Norton, who is Cat's spiritual godmother. (Psion)

This one's for you, kid. You know who you are. (Catspaw)

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The gem-colored dream shattered, and left the kid gaping on the street. (Psion)

Someone was after me. (Prologue to Catspaw)

I came to on board a ship, but it was no ship I'd ever seen before. (Catspaw, Chapter 1)

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