The Wizard of Karres

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 Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint and Dave Freer

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: 0-7434-8839-3

Cover art by Stephen Hickman

First printing, August 2004

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Lackey, Mercedes.

The wizard of Karres / Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint, Dave Freer.

p. cm.

"A Baen Books Original."

ISBN 0-7434-8839-3 (hc)

1. Interplanetary voyages--Fiction. 2. Space ships--Fiction. 3. Witches--Fiction.

4. Circus--Fiction. I. Flint, Eric. II. Freer, Dave. III. Title.

PS3562.A246W56 2004

813'.54--dc22

2004009766

Distributed by Simon and Schuster

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New York, NY 10020

Production by Windhaven Press, Auburn, NH

Printed in the United States of America

In this series:

The Witches of Karres by James H. Schmitz

The Wizard of Karres

by Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint and Dave Freer