Del Rey / Ballantine, 1978. Mass market paperback, 2nd of two printings. This is the third in a trilogy of novels; it follows
Master of the Stars (1976)
To Control the Stars (1977)
This trilogy describes, over a period of aeons, a cluster of galactic civilizations connected by a system of ancient Stargates.
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