James P. Hogan
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 © 2003 by James P. Hogan
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.
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ISBN: 0-7434-3581-8
Cover art by David Mattingly
Maps by Randy Asplund
First printing, June 2003
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hogan, James P.The anguished dawn / James P. Hogan.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-7434-3581-8
1. Regression (Civilization)—Fiction. 2. Power (Social sciences)—Fiction. 3.
Space colonies—Fiction. 4. Disasters—Fiction. I. Title.PR6058.O348A85 2003
823’.914—dc21
2003006194
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Printed in the United States of America
Dedication
To Tim Gleason—in
appreciation of
all the help and good advice over the
years.
Acknowledgments
The help of the following people is gratefully appreciated:
Dr. Andre Assis, Institute of Physics, Campinas, Brazil, for answering questions on his theoretical work deriving the gravitational force as an electrical effect.
Dr. John Ackerman, for much correspondence concerning his fascinating interpretation of the Indian Vedas as a record of Mars encounters.
Larry Kos, of NASA, Marshall Spaceflight Center, Huntsville, AL, for advice on orbits and weird gravitational effects.
Mark Luljak of Fairlight Consulting, Louisville, KY, and Myrranda Hunter of NASA, Ames, CA, for much useful feedback from the first draft.
All those readers who demanded a sequel to Cradle of Saturn.
Charles Ginenthal and Lewis Greenberg for their support and encouragement.
Des Butler and Emer Carolan, Des Butler & Co., Sligo, Ireland, for photocopying, scanning, and the like, without which the rest would all be in vain.
(See also the “Further Reading” section at the end of the book.)
By JAMES P. HOGAN
Inherit the
Stars
The Genesis Machine
The Gentle Giants of Ganymede
The Two Faces of Tomorrow
Thrice Upon a Time
Giants’ Star
Voyage from Yesteryear
Code of the Lifemaker
The Proteus Operation
Endgame Enigma
The Mirror Maze
The Infinity Gambit
Entoverse
The Multiplex Man
Realtime Interrupt
Minds, Machines & Evolution
The Immortality Option
Paths to Otherwhere
Bug Park
Star Child
Rockets, Redheads &
Revolution
Cradle of Saturn
The Anguished Dawn
The Legend That Was Earth
Martian Knightlife