John Nance - Orbit

The Last Hostage

Medusa’s Child

Pandora’s Clock

Phoenix Rising

Final Approach

Scorpion Strike

What Goes Up

On Shaky Ground

Blind Trust

Splash of Colors

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Copyright (c) 2006 by John J. Nance

All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Nance, John J.

Orbit / John J. Nance

1. Space flights—Fiction. 2. Space vehicle accidents—United States—Fiction. 3. Space rescue operations—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3564.A546O73 2006

813’.54—dc22 2005057553

ISBN: 0-7432-8909-9

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