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Asaro. The songs on the CD all appear in the book. Thcr are avail-able at www.cdbaby.com/cd/pointvalidca, on iTunes and other online vendors, and from Starflight Musie at PO Box 4, Simpsonvillc, MD 21150. Del also appears in The Quantum Rosę, Schism, and the novella “Stained Glass Hcart.”

Havyrl (Vyrl) Torccllci = (1) Liliara (Lily) (deceased in 2266)

= (2) Kamoj Quanta Argali

The story of Havyrl and Lily appears in “Stained Glass Heartin the anthology Irresistible Forces, edited by Catherine Asaro. The story of Havyrl and Kamoj appears in The Quantum Rosę, which won the 2001 Nebula Award. An early vcrsion of the first half was serialized in Analog, May 1999-July/August 1999.

Sauscony (Soz) Lahaylia = (1) Jato Stormson (divorced)

= (2) Hypron Luminar (deceased)

= (3) Jaibriol Qox (aka Jaibriol II)

Schism tclls the story of Soz at seventecn, when she enters the Dieshan Military Academy. The Finał Key, which is the sequel to Schism, tells of the first war between the Skolians and the Tradcrs. Soz’s rescue efforts on the world New Day appear in the novelcttc “The Lost Dawn” (The Mammoth Book of SF Wars, ed. łan Whates and łan Watson), which ineludes the story of how she met Hypron. The story of Soz and Jato appears in the novella, “Aurora in Four Voices” (Analog, December 1998). Soz and Jaibriol’s stories appear in Primary Inversion and The Radiant Seas. They have four children: Jaibriol III, Rocalisa, Vitar, and del-Kelric.

Jaibriol Qox Skolia (aka Jaibriol III) = Tarquine Iquar (Finance

Minister and Iquar quecn)

The story of how Jaibriol III bccame the Emperor of Eube at seventeen appears in The Mooris Shadow. The story of how Jaibriol and Kelric deal with each other appears in The Ruby Dice and Carnelians. Jaibriol also appears in The Radiant Seas as a teenager.