Murder in Black Letter

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK · CHICAGO DALLAS · ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO LONDON · MANILA
IN CANADA BRETT-MACMILLAN LTD. GALT, ONTARIO
New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1960
POUL ANDERSON 1960
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First Printing
Library of Congress catalog card number: 59-5690
The Macmillan Company, New York Brett-Macmillan Ltd., Galt, Ontario
Printed in the United States of America
To him whom I shall ever regard as the best and wisest man whom I have ever known
Except, of course, for Taffimai Metallumai, all characters in this book are fictitious, without intentional resemblance to any actual person, living or dead. The events described are made up out of whole cloth. The hotels, restaurants, companies, and other business enterprises herein mentioned are equally nonexistent. Two real institutions occur: the University of California and the Berkeley Police Department. There is no implication intended that either of these would condone all the actions and opinions of the imaginary people I have wished onto their payrolls.
Steel talked between roses. Kintyre parried Yamamura's slash; his riposte thumped on the other man's arm.