Color– –1– –2– –3– –4– –5 –6– –7– –8– –9– Text Size– 10– 11– 12– 13– 14– 15– 16– 17– 18– 19– 20– 21– 22– 23- NIGHT AT ALGEMRON By Diane Duane Contents Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve Chapter Thirteen Chapter Fourteen Chapter Fifteen Chapter Sixteen Chapter Seventeen Chapter Eighteen Chapter Nineteen Chapter Twenty STARDRIVE THE HARBINGER TRILOGY DIANE DUANE Volume One: STARRISE AT CORRIVALE Volume Two: STORM AT ELDALA Volume Three: NIGHTFALL AT ALGEMRON For Alison Hopkins NIGHTFALL AT ALGEMRON ©2000 Wizards of the Coast, Inc. All Rights Reserved. All characters in this book are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Distributed in the United States by St. Martin's Press. Distributed in Canada by Fenn Ltd. Distributed to the hobby, toy, and comic trade in the United Slates and Canada by regional distributors. Distributed worldwide by Wizards of the Coast, Inc. and regional distributors. Star*Drive and the Wizards of the Coast logo are registered trademarks owned by Wizards of the Coast, Inc. All Wizards of the Coast characters, character names, and the distinctive likenesses thereof are trademarks owned by Wizards of the Coast, Inc. All rights reserved. Made in the U.S.A. Cover art by rk post First Printing: April 2000 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 99-65620 ISBN: 0-7869-1563-3 620-T21563 U.S., CANADA, ASIA, PACIFIC, & LATIN AMERICA Wizards of the Coast, Inc. P.O. Box 707 Renton, WA 98057-0707 + 1-800-324-6496