Asgard's Heart

Copyright © 2005 by Brian Stableford. An
earlier version of this text was published in the United Kingdom, 1990, by NEL,
under the title
The Centre Cannot Hold.

All rights reserved.

This novel is a work of fiction. Names,
characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author's
imagination, or, if real, used fictitiously.

No part of this book may be reproduced or
transmitted in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including
photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system,
without the express written permission of the publisher, except where permitted
by law.

First Edition

First Printing: February 2005

Published in 2005 in conjunction with Tekno
Books and Ed Gorman.

Set in 11 pt. Plantin.

Printed in the United States on permanent paper.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication
Data

Stableford, Brian M.

Asgard's heart / Brian Stableford. p. cm.

ISBN 1-59414-210-6 (he : alk. paper) Note:
"An earlier version of this text, copyrighted © 1982 by Brian Stableford,
was published by DAW Books, Inc., under the title Journey to the center"—T.p.
verso. 1. Life on other planets—Fiction. 2. Science Fiction. I. Title.

PR6069.T17A935 2005

823'.914—dc22                                                            2004063674

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