THE POWER OF ILLUSION
Baen Books
by Christopher Anvil
Pandora’s Legions
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The Trouble with Aliens
The Trouble with Humans
War Games
Rx for Chaos
The Power of Illusion
THE POWER OF ILLUSION
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.
Copyright © 2009 by Christopher Anvil
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.
A Baen Books Original
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ISBN: 978-1-4391-3412-2
Cover art by Bob Eggleton
First Baen printing, October 2010
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Anvil, Christopher.
The power of illusion / by Christopher Anvil ; edited by Eric Flint.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-4391-3412-2 (omni trade pbk.)
I. Flint, Eric. II. Title.
PS3551.N9P68 2010
813’.54--dc22
2010029993
Printed in the United States of America
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