Mom and the Kids

Publication date: 
1990-03
Publication type: 
Short Story
Published: 
The Fleet, Book 4: Sworn Allies, paper, Ace/Fawcett, March 1990
Setting: 
The Fleet
Summary: 

Written for David Drake's shared-universe seriesĀ The Fleet. A simple von Neumann machine, with only two commands to process, seems like a harmless catch for a Khalian raiding party. But any astute Niven fan knows that simple technology can have devastating effects on the unprepared...

Notes: 

Collaboration, co-written with David Drake

Reprints: 

All the Way to the Gallows, David Drake, Baen 1996