David Weber

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 (c) 1999 by David M. Weber

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.

A Baen Books Original

Baen Publishing Enterprises

P.O. Box 1403

Riverdale, NY 10471

ISBN: 0-671-57782-4

Cover art by Charles Keegan

First printing, January 1999

Distributed by Simon & Schuster

1230 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10020

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Weber, David, 1952-

The Apocalypse Troll / David Weber.

p. cm.

"USN vs UFOs"

ISBN 0-671-57782-4 (hardcover)

I. Title.

PS3573.E217A8 1999

813'.54—dc21 98-41615

CIP

Typeset by Windhaven Press, Auburn, NH

Printed in the United States of America