Protocol

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Overview:

Title: Protocol
Author: Timothy Zahn
Year: 2002
Type: Short Fiction

Editions/Publications:

Unknown. Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September 2002 (Unknown, Timothy Zahn, Dell Magazines, $3.50, 148 pages, digest, MAGAZINE)
2016 . Pawn's Gambit and Other Stratagems (2016, Timothy Zahn, Open Road Integrated Media, ISBN-10: 9781504016223, $15.99, 328 pages, Trade Paperback, Collection)