Windows Of The Soul

Cover art by Stephen Hickman

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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.

First printing, January 2002

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Niven, Larry.
Man-Kzin wars IX / created by Larry Niven.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-671-31838-1
1. Life on other planets—Fiction. 2. Space warefare—Fiction. 3. Animals—
Fiction. I. Title: Man-Kzin wars 9. II. Man-Kzin wars Nine.

PS3564.I9 M36 2002
813'.54—dc21 2001043635

ISBN: 0-671-31838-1

Copyright 2003 by Larry Niven

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