The Dark Ascent

Sequel to The Dark Path, and Book Three in the Dark Wing series. Humans have fought a war with the zor, a birdlike alien specieds whose mental communication entails an intricate religious devotion to the legends of their hero, Qu’u, and to a lost magic sword, the gyaryu. Now Jackie Lappierre, heroine of The Dark Path, is appointed to retrieve the mythical sword and fend off invasion from a third implacable alien species, the vulh.

Cover Art by Jennie Faries

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, August 2004

Printed in the United States of America

eISBN: 978-1-61824-894-7

Copyright 2004 by Walter H. Hunt

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.

Electronic version by Baen Books
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