Dissonance
Orsted Station
Escape!
Necessity II
Exeunt IV
PART FIVE: MALIGNITATEM
Arrival
Necessity III
Integratum
Ferro Comitante
Astrorum Irae
Sub Specie Aeternitatis
Exeunt V
PART SIX: QUIETUS
Unity
Decession
Exeunt VI
ADDENDUM
Appendix I: Spacetime & FTL
Appendix II: Ship-Based Combat in Space
Appendix III: Terminology
Appendix IV: Timeline
AFTERWORD & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Also by Christopher Paolini
A Conversation between Brandon Sanderson and Christopher Paolini
About the Author
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
TO SLEEP IN A SEA OF STARS
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