Sunrise Alley

Catherine Asaro

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 © 2004 by Catherine Asaro

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: 0-7434-8840-7

Cover art by Jeff Easley

First printing, August 2004

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Asaro, Catherine.

Sunrise alley / Catherine Asaro.
p. cm.
"A Baen Books Original"
ISBN 0-7434-8840-7 (hc)
1. Women scientists—Fiction. 2. Androids—Fiction. 3. Robots—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3551.S29S86 2004
813'.54—dc22
2004007012

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