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King David's Spaceship


THE YEAR IS 3013
THE IMPERIAL NAVY HAS INVADED PRINCE SAMUAL'S WORLD . . .

The superior weaponry of the CoDominium Empire has brought unity to the Samualans — at the cost of their liberty.

Their last bid for freedom is to create a space program. But the knowledge to build a starship is extinct.

Colonel Nathan MacKinnie, leads a daring raid to steal these secrets from the planet of Makassar, where the key to space technology is guarded by Temple priests.

MacKinnie battles across the universe, to wrest away the knowledge left by the first settlers who traversed the void of space from a planet called Old Earth. To live in peace they must fight for ancient secrets. To gain their freedom they must build . . .

King David's Spaceship


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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

First printing, October 1981

Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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New York, NY 10020

Printed in the United States of America

ISBN-13: 978-0-671-43105-1
ISBN-10: 0-671-43105-6

Copyright© 1980 by Jerry Pournelle

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.

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For Dan Alderson and Gary Hudson,
with many thanks

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