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Compiled by Martin Willey

The Forsaken by John Kenneth Muir

Powys. foreword by Prentis Hancock
published with 2 different covers
January 2003; $15
Reissue with corrections: 24 January 2013; $12.15
259 pages
Chronology: Transitional Year 1 - 2. The 2013 edition corrects some typos.

Chronology

After Year 1.

Planets

Pyxidea, populated by the dying alien race, the Cryptodira.

Continuity

Sets up changes between Year 1 and Year 2.

• The book opens with the burial of Jackie Crawford (Alpha Child, with his death in the story Fallen Star in Shepherd Moon)
• Paul Morrow and Tanya leave Alpha for the planet Pyxidea
• Tony Versdechi is introduced and promoted
• In the coda, Koenig shows Bergman the plans to relocate from Main Mission to Command Center
• Koenig realises Pyxidea is one of the planets that depended on the Space Brain
• Koenig states they are "pawns moved around a game board as some hidden intelligent please", and resolves not to be manipulated in the future