NMLP P-007991 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Speed of Dark

Elizabeth Moon · Ballantine Books (US) · 2003

The US Ballantine first edition was published January 2003, not 2002; the corrected year is 2003. This US hardcover is the true first. A UK Orbit edition followed and does not precede it.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-007991 for "The Speed of Dark" by Elizabeth Moon (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-007991, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).