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“Yes, Exalted Fleetlord,” the shiplord answered glumly.
“All right. Reply on the usual circuits-no need to imitate this.”
“Yes, Exalted Fleetlord,” Kirel repeated. “And the reply is?”
“Very simple-just three words: I don’t know.”
Harry Turtledove was born in Los Angeles in 1949. He has taught ancient and medieval history at UCLA, Cal State Fullerton, and Cal State L.A., and has published a translation of a ninth-century Byzantine chronicle, as well as several scholarly articles. He is also an award-wi