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Under a Pole Star
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First published in Great Britain in 2016 by
Quercus Editions Ltd
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Copyright © 2016 Stef Penney
Map and illustrations copyright © 2016 Liane Payne
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businesses, organizations, places and events are
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Dedication
For Mr Van
North Polar Regions, 1893
Epigraph
‘You see things; and you say “Why?” But I dream things that never were; and I say “Why not?”’
Contents
Prologue
PART ONE: A PEG, SHAPED LIKE A WHALE
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
PART TWO: VEGA IN LYRA
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
PART THREE: REGELATION
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
PART FOUR: ARCTURUS IN BOÖTES
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
PART FIVE: POLARIS
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
PART SIX: THE CONCRETE SEA
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
PART SEVEN: THULE
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
PART EIGHT: DESTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
PART NINE: THUBAN IN DRACO
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Epilogue
A Glossary of Inuit words
Acknowledgements
Prologue
The aeroplane, a modified Douglas C-47 Skytrain, is a fat, shining cigar of aluminium, brilliant in the sun. The word
