be interested." Kostolitz feigned a casual air. "Sure." He looked suddenly much more cheerful.
Miles smiled.
The Tyrant
Eric Flint and David Drake

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 © 2002 by Eric Flint & David Drake

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.

A Baen Books Original

Baen Publishing Enterprises
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ISBN: 0-7434-3521-4

Cover art by Gary Ruddell
Map by Randy Asplund

First printing, April 2002

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Flint, Eric.
The tyrant / by Eric Flint & Dave Drake.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-7434-3521-4
1. Life on other planets—Fiction. I. Drake,