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“And you can do that?”

“I can try. I can insinuate questions into its thoughts. Questions it cannot conceive for itself.”

“Isn’t that a bit like making it in our own image?”

“I don’t think you need worry that MorningLightMountain will ever become human in its outlook. For myself, I will consider it simply developing a more rational outlook as a success. It needs to learn tolerance.”

“Good luck. That’s something we don’t do very well ourselves. We nearly killed MorningLightMountain in a knee-jerk reaction.”

“But we didn’t, did we, thanks to you.”

“And a few others.”

“It will take time, centuries I expect, and there’s no guarantee of success.”

“I’ll come back in a few hundred years, check up on your progress.”

“Please do. It will be interesting to see what you have become by then.”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

PETER F. HAMILTON is the author of numerous short stories and novels, including Pandora’s Star, Fallen Dragon, and the acclaimed epic Night’s Dawn trilogy (The Reality Dysfunction, The Neutronium Alchemist, and The Naked God). Hamilton lives in England.

PREVIOUS WORKS BY PETER F. HAMILTON

THE NIGHT’S DAWN TRILOGY

The Reality Dysfunction

The Neutronium Alchemist

The Naked God

Fallen Dragon

THE GREG MANDEL TRILOGY

Mindstar Rising

A Quantum Murder

The Nano Flower

Misspent Youth

A Second Chance at Eden

The Confederation Handbook

Pandora’s Star

Judas Unchained is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2006 by Peter F. Hamilton

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