BEN BOVA EMPIRE BUILDERS
A TORN DOHERTY ASSOCIATES BOOK ·NEW YORK
This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious, and any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.
EMPIRE BUILDERS
Copyright © 1993 by Ben Bova
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bova, Ben.
Empire builders / Ben Bova.
cm.
Sequel to: Privateers. ISBN 0312851049
Title. 3552.O84E48 I993 813’.54--dc20
93-21613
CIP
First edition: September 1993
Printed in the United States of America 0987654321