Defender

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Overview:

Title: Defender
Author: C. J. Cherryh
Year: 2001
Publisher: DAW Books / SFBC
Price: $11.99
Pages: 314
Binding: Hardcover
Type: Novel
Title Reference: Defender
Notes:
- Retains DAW ISBN 0-88677-911-1
- Date of publication and price from Locus1.
- This is similar to the DAW edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.