# The Artifact

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- Book: [The Artifact](https://www.bookquiver.com/w-michael-gear/the-artifact) ([The Artifact.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/w-michael-gear/the-artifact.md))
- Authors: [W. Michael Gear](https://www.bookquiver.com/w-michael-gear)
- Publisher: daw
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-11-0166-698-2
- Published: 1990-03-06
- Language: en_US
- Binding: E-book

## Description

In a galaxy on the brink of civil war, the Brotherhood seeks to keep peace through diplomacy, subterfuge, and control of both technological advances and the carefully gathered knowledge of countless worlds....