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The Rats, the Bats, and the
Ugly
Table of Contents
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Page 1
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
The Rats, the Bats, & the Ugly
Eric Flint and
Dave Freer
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.
Copyright © 2004 by Eric Flint & Dave Freer
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.
A Baen Books Original
Baen Publishing Enterprises
P.O. Box 1403
Riverdale, NY 10471
www.baen.com
ISBN: 0-7434-8846-6
Cover art by Bob Eggleton
First printing, September 2004
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Flint, Eric.
Page 2
The rats, the bats & the ugly / Eric Flint, Dave Freer.
p. cm.
"A Baen Books original"—T.p. verso.
ISBN 0-7434-8846-6
1. Human-animal relationships—Fiction. 2. Space colonies—Fiction. I. Title: Rats, the bats, and the ugly.
II. Freer, Dave. III. Title.
PS3556.L548R38 2004
813'.54—dc22
2004014347
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
Production by Windhaven Press, Auburn, NH (www.windhaven.com)
Printed in the United States of America
BAEN BOOKS by Eric Flint & Dave Freer
Rats, Bats, and Vats
The Rats, the Vats, & the Ugly
Pyramid Scheme
The Shadow of the Lion
(with Mercedes Lackey)
This Rough Magic
(with Mercedes Lackey)
The Wizard of Karres
(with Mercedes Lackey)
Baen Books by Eric Flint
Ring of Fire series:
1632
by Eric Flint
1633
by Eric Flint & David Weber
Ring of Fire
edited by Eric Flint
1634: The Galileo Affair
by Eric Flint & Andrew Dennis
Joe's World series:
The Philosophical Strangler
Forward the Mage
(with Richard Roach)
Mother of Demons
Crown of Slaves
(with David Weber)
The Course of Empire
(with K.D. Wentworth)
The Warmasters
(with David Weber & David Drake)
The Bellisarius series, with David Drake:
An Oblique Approach
In the Heart of Darkness
Destiny's Shield
Page 3
Fortune's Stroke
The Tide of Victory
The General series, with David Drake:
The Tyrant
BAEN BOOKS by DAVE FREER
The Forlorn
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
Hominidae
Chip: A vat-grown conscript. A thing of rags and tatters.
Ginny: A damsel of high degree-o.
Fitz: The very model of a modern Major.
Van Klomp: A large parachute officer.
Sanjay Devi: Hecate.
John Needford: A schemer, well-dressed.
Len Liepsich: A schemer, hitching up his pants.
Mike Capra: A legal beagle.
Ogata: A legal eagle.
Talbot Cartup: A villain in the first degree.
General Cartup-Kreutzler: His brother-in-law; and accomplice.
Tana Gainor: the original asp in Cleopatra's bosom; with bosom.
Rattae
Fal: Great of stomach and small of martial vigor.
Doll: A rattess of considerably negotiable virtue.
Melene: A rat damsel of acumen and a very attractive tail.
Pistol: One-eyed rat-at-arms.
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Nym: A veritable giant among rats; with a mechanical bent.
Doc: Rat philosopher and medic.
Ariel: A rattess of fell repute; and always with Fitz.
Pooh-Bah: A rat of many parts.
Battae
Bronstein: She-bat who must be obeyed.
O'Niel: A somewhat plump bat, fond of drink.
Eamon: A large and dangerous bat.
Et Alia
Fluff: Alias Kong
Yetteth: Jampad; a prisoner on the Korozhet ship.
Darleth: Jampad; head of the Ratafia
Various Korozhet villains.
And a large supporting cast, numbering in millions for the greatest production off Earth!
Prologue
The planet Harmony and Reason, a human colony;
a starship, both vast and alien, in the middle of
George Bernard Shaw City, the colony's capital.
At center stage: five Korozhet conspirators,
all members of the inner-high,
in their adjoining waterbaths.
Page 5
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The Rats, the Bats, and the
Ugly
Table of Contents
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Page 1
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
The Rats, the Bats, & the Ugly
Eric Flint and
Dave Freer
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.
Copyright © 2004 by Eric Flint & Dave Freer
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.
A Baen Books Original
Baen Publishing Enterprises
P.O. Box 1403
Riverdale, NY 10471
www.baen.com
ISBN: 0-7434-8846-6
Cover art by Bob Eggleton
First printing, September 2004
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Flint, Eric.
Page 2
The rats, the bats & the ugly / Eric Flint, Dave Freer.
p. cm.
"A Baen Books original"—T.p. verso.
ISBN 0-7434-8846-6
1. Human-animal relationships—Fiction. 2. Space colonies—Fiction. I. Title: Rats, the bats, and the ugly.
II. Freer, Dave. III. Title.
PS3556.L548R38 2004
813'.54—dc22
2004014347
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
Production by Windhaven Press, Auburn, NH (www.windhaven.com)
Printed in the United States of America
BAEN BOOKS by Eric Flint & Dave Freer
Rats, Bats, and Vats
The Rats, the Vats, & the Ugly
Pyramid Scheme
The Shadow of the Lion
(with Mercedes Lackey)
This Rough Magic
(with Mercedes Lackey)
The Wizard of Karres
(with Mercedes Lackey)
Baen Books by Eric Flint
Ring of Fire series:
1632
by Eric Flint
1633
by Eric Flint & David Weber
Ring of Fire
edited by Eric Flint
1634: The Galileo Affair
by Eric Flint & Andrew Dennis
Joe's World series:
The Philosophical Strangler
Forward the Mage
(with Richard Roach)
Mother of Demons
Crown of Slaves
(with David Weber)
The Course of Empire
(with K.D. Wentworth)
The Warmasters
(with David Weber & David Drake)
The Bellisarius series, with David Drake:
An Oblique Approach
In the Heart of Darkness
Destiny's Shield
Page 3
Fortune's Stroke
The Tide of Victory
The General series, with David Drake:
The Tyrant
BAEN BOOKS by DAVE FREER
The Forlorn
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
Hominidae
Chip: A vat-grown conscript. A thing of rags and tatters.
Ginny: A damsel of high degree-o.
Fitz: The very model of a modern Major.
Van Klomp: A large parachute officer.
Sanjay Devi: Hecate.
John Needford: A schemer, well-dressed.
Len Liepsich: A schemer, hitching up his pants.
Mike Capra: A legal beagle.
Ogata: A legal eagle.
Talbot Cartup: A villain in the first degree.
General Cartup-Kreutzler: His brother-in-law; and accomplice.
Tana Gainor: the original asp in Cleopatra's bosom; with bosom.
Rattae
Fal: Great of stomach and small of martial vigor.
Doll: A rattess of considerably negotiable virtue.
Melene: A rat damsel of acumen and a very attractive tail.
Pistol: One-eyed rat-at-arms.
Page 4
Nym: A veritable giant among rats; with a mechanical bent.
Doc: Rat philosopher and medic.
Ariel: A rattess of fell repute; and always with Fitz.
Pooh-Bah: A rat of many parts.
Battae
Bronstein: She-bat who must be obeyed.
O'Niel: A somewhat plump bat, fond of drink.
Eamon: A large and dangerous bat.
Et Alia
Fluff: Alias Kong
Yetteth: Jampad; a prisoner on the Korozhet ship.
Darleth: Jampad; head of the Ratafia
Various Korozhet villains.
And a large supporting cast, numbering in millions for the greatest production off Earth!
Prologue
The planet Harmony and Reason, a human colony;
a starship, both vast and alien, in the middle of
George Bernard Shaw City, the colony's capital.
At center stage: five Korozhet conspirators,
all members of the inner-high,
in their adjoining waterbaths.
Page 5
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