by Julia Keller
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Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Epigraphs
Prologue
Part One: Searching the Skies
1. The Robot Who Loves Knock-Knock Jokes
2. The Signal
3. Graygrunge
4. Why Did the Chicken Cross the Galaxy?
5. Rez’s Big Reveal
6. Senator Crowley
7. Rescuing Rez
8. A Cry in the Night
Part Two: Rachel’s Return
9. Trillum, Nogg, Waw
10. Violet’s Idea
11. Protons and Picasso
12. Countdown to Danger
13. Wonderstruck
14. Strokes of Genius
15. Tin Man’s Betrayal
16. Silicon Heart
17. Requiem for a Robot
18. Return to Redshift
19. One + One = One
20. The Decision
21. Pathways and Banana Peels
Part Three: Music from a Broken Star
22. Zander’s Planet
23. Marie’s Mistake
24. Fusion
25. Simple, Ancient, True
26. Homeward Bound
Acknowledgments
Also by Julia Keller
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.
DARK STAR CALLING
Copyright © 2019 by Julia Keller
All rights reserved.
Cover art by Dave Seeley
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ISBN 978-0-7653-8769-1 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-0-7653-8770-7 (ebook)
eISBN 9780765387707
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First Edition: November 2019