Telzey Amberdon
 MEET
TELZEY AMBERDON
-SHE'S NOBODY'S TOY
Telzey Amberdon was only in her teens when she
discovered that she was a telepath. Not only a telepath, but a
xenotelepath, able to communicate mentally not just with humans, but
with alien intelligences. And she turned out to be one of the most
powerful telepaths in the history of the galactic civilization called
the Hub.
First she had to deal with an alien race that
humans hadn't realized were intelligent, and who were about to eliminate
those troublesome humans who thought they were colonizing an uninhabited
world. Then, she had to fend off the secret psi agents of the
Psychological Corps who took a dim view of any telepath, let alone one
with Telzey's powers, operating outside of their control. Next, she
stumbled across a telepathic serial killer, who used an unstoppable
predator, under his mental control, to hunt and kill his victims-and
Telzey was to be the catch of the day.
It was fortunate for the human race that she
survived, since she next found herself in the middle of a secret war
between two hidden races of genetically engineered humans. They called
it the "Lion Game," and they made the mistake of thinking that
in this clash of predators, Telzey was just a harmless kitten. But when
the dust settled, Telzey would be the only one purring....
"Take my advice and buy TWO copies of this
book! You'll want to lend it to friends and (trust me on this: I have
years of experience to back up the observation) once people get their
hands on a Schmitz book, they don't let go!" --Janet Kagan, Hugo-Winner and author of Uhura's Song
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 Paperback
Cover art by Bob Eggleton
TELZEY
AMBERDON
The Complete Federation
of the Hub
Volume 1
EDITED BY ERIC FLINT
co-edited by Guy Gordon
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, March 2000
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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New York, NY 10020
Printed in the United States of America
Typeset by Windhaven Press
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ISBN: 0-671-57851-0
"Novice" (c) 1962, first appeared in Analog, June 1962; "Undercurrents" (c) 1964, first appeared in Analog, May 1964; "Poltergeist" (c) 1971, first appeared in Analog, July 1971; "Goblin Night" (c) 1965, first appeared in Analog, April 1965; "Sleep No More" (c) 1965, first appeared in Analog, August 1965; "The Lion Game" (c) 1971, first appeared in Analog, August 1971; "Blood of Nalakia" (c) 1953, first appeared under the title "The Vampirate" in Science Fiction Plus, Dec. 1953; "The Star Hyacinths" (c) 1961, first appeared in Amazing Stories, Dec. 1961; all copyright to THE ESTATE OF JAMES SCHMITZ ??
"Afterword" © 2000 by Eric Flint;
"A Short History of the Hub," © 2000 by Guy Gordon.
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