Coyote Destiny (43 page)

AMBRIEL 32, C.Y. 03
—WHSS
New Frontiers
arrives.

HAMALIEL 2, C.Y. 04
—WHSS
Long Journey
arrives.

BARCHIEL 6, C.Y. 05
—WHSS
Magnificent Voyage
arrives.

BARBIEL 30, C.Y. 05
—Thompson’s Ferry Massacre; beginning of the Revolution.

GABRIEL 75, C.Y. 06
—WHSS
Spirit
arrives.

ASMODEL 5, C.Y. 06
—Liberty retaken by colonial rebels, Union forces evicted from Coyote; later known as “Liberation Day.”

HAMALIEL C.Y. 13
—EASS
Columbus
arrives; construction of starbridge begins.

NOVEMBER 2340 / HANAEL C.Y. 13
—
Columbus
shuttle EAS
Isabella
returns to Earth via Starbridge Coyote; United Nations recognition of Coyote Federation.

MURIEL 45, C.Y. 15
—
Galileo
shuttle EAS
Maria Celeste
returns to Coyote via alien starbridge.

ASMODEL 54, C.Y. 16—Hjadd
cultural ambassador arrives on Coyote.

HAMALIEL 25, C.Y. 16
—CFS
Pride of Cucamonga
departs for Rho Coronae Borealis via
hjadd
starbridge.

HAMALIEL 1, C.Y. 17
—Exploratory Expedition departs Bridgeton for first circumnavigation of the Great Equatorial River.

URIEL 2, C.Y. 17
—Destruction of the CFSS
Robert E. Lee
and Starbridge Coyote; later known as “Black Anael.”

GABRIEL 10, C.Y. 23
—Arrival of WHS
The Heroism of Che Guevara
through rebuilt Starbridge Coyote.

The author wishes to thank his editor, Ginjer Buchanan, and his agent, Martha Millard, for their continuing support for his work. The Coyote series, including the spin-off novels set in the same universe, is now ten years old; none of these books could have been written or published without their encouragement.

I’d also like to thank Rob Caswell, Patrick O’Conner, Ron Miller, Horace “Ace” Marchant, and Bob and Sara Schwager for their aid and advice during the writing of this novel.

Sources consulted for this book include
The World Without Us
, by Alan Weisman (St. Martin’s Press, 2007);
Boston Architecture
, edited by Donald Freeman (MIT Press, 1970); and “Goat House Lighthouse” by Jeff Bonney, published in
The Salt Book
, edited by Pamela Wood (Anchor Press/ Doubleday, 1977). The polar cows and medusas described in Part One were inspired by the ceramic
Little Monsters
sculptures of artist Holly Fox and are used with her permission; the originals can be seen at
http://mmmmonsters.blogspot.com
. I’d also like to commend Boston Harbor Tours for their guided excursion of Boston’s inner harbor and the Charles River, which played a key role in the research for this novel.

And finally, last but never least, my greatest appreciation goes to my wife, Linda, for keeping me sane during this long expedition to 47 Ursae Majoris.

 

 

August 2008-March 2009
Whately, Massachusetts