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- Page 14 and 15: Chapter 2 The sun’s halting disc
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- Page 36 and 37: Chapter 5 Decades have been investe
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7 Marketing for the post 2000 infor
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Chapter 7 “Startlingly aware of t
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Chapter 7 “Sheesh,” Den mutters
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Mary looks him squarely in the eye
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Chapter 7 He keys in a message to t
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Chapter 8 He shifts uncomfortably f
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Chapter 8 to see the confirmation o
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Chapter 8 contact were, in a sense,
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Chapter 8 the ratings were excellen
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Chapter 8 Dermot takes hold of a pa
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Chapter 8 the leaders and hence the
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Chapter 8 at central European males
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Chapter 8 “In your code, I think
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Bishop laughs drily. “I like it.
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Chapter 8 “What?” she snaps. Ne
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82 Don’t talk to me! Do I know yo
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Chapter 10 be getting stuck in cert
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Chapter 10 left the egalitarian hun
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Chapter 10 over his lip, as if tryi
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Chapter 10 “I have heard that you
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Chapter 10 “Well, anyway, as I wa
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Chapter 10 “Look at the bible bel
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Chapter 10 It seems that the time f
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Chapter 10 Den laughs. “No, these
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Chapter 11 work this past year pote
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Chapter 11 In her room, she unpacks
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Chapter 11 Solar radiation is quite
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Chapter 11 possible for the apparen
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Chapter 11 happening too fast for t
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12 Blink. A head turns, face starin
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Chapter 12 him. She is just another
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Chapter 12 curiosity is peaked. She
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Chapter 12 “And there is this mes
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Chapter 12 sitting in the bar loung
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Chapter 12 or passion? She could at
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Chapter 12 Then her cold iron mettl
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Chapter 12 mailbox and it is copied
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Chapter 13 “I shall probably be w
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Chapter 13 “All this game talk is
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Chapter 13 “Time for me to leave,
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Chapter 13 “We are keeping this a
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Chapter 13 He sees Cathy Kim. She l
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14 Miles michel intimater lazy bare
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Chapter 15 “You know, I heard the
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Chapter 15 “Eat?” He nods. Even
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Chapter 15 governments in their own
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Chapter 15 democracy. (As you can s
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Chapter 15 “Don’t be rude!” s
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Chapter 15 He snaps shut the cover
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17 The cloud has lifted somewhat, s
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Chapter 17 build-up from a pressuri
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Chapter 17 “Isn’t that a bit we
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Chapter 17 your own language. That
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Chapter 17 She looks around the won
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Chapter 17 “No, I’m sorry. Plea
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Chapter 17 “Wow.” His eyes seem
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Chapter 17 The process takes some t
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Chapter 17 stop these unpleasant bi
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Chapter 17 Then she sees it: a cair
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Chapter 18 Her flight is drawn into
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Chapter 18 are compatible: that a r
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Chapter 18 an ugly sport; not much
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Chapter 18 coloured tail fins of th
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19 Fresh cantaloupe, water melon, p
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Chapter 19 “Leadership,” one ha
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Chapter 19 cannot remember much abo
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Chapter 19 to it than that. He can
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Part 2 Good intentions Fraught
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21 Jonas watches the drunken man bo
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Chapter 21 escape. It is important
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Chapter 21 “Oh.” He grins. “I
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Chapter 21 Joe nods. “You look ti
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Chapter 21 “I think my job is to
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Chapter 21 His mobile rings. He tap
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Chapter 22 enough that we are soul-
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Chapter 22 What an oddly contrived
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Chapter 22 I was walking down an al
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Chapter 22 time to think, to proces
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Chapter 22 “West Africa. We take
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Chapter 23 their little rendezvous
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24 “You wouldn’t believe what s
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25 The sudden realization that the
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Chapter 25 and he is fine again, bu
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Chapter 25 “We used to be able to
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“Hello. Jonas.” “Jonas, this
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Chapter 25 Arrive at the City Gate
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Chapter 25 Martin’s child-stare m
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Chapter 25 It is almost nine o’cl
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Chapter 25 Isn’t that also true o
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Chapter 25 “High entropy means fl
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Chapter 25 “I understand that you
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Chapter 25 “What kind of activiti
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Chapter 25 something sinister, some
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Chapter 26 she has some pills and s
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Chapter 26 “No, that’s not what
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Chapter 26 “I see. So what are yo
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Chapter 26 She locks the input on h
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Chapter 26 chameleon rolled into on
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Chapter 26 after terrorising touris
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Chapter 26 It could be someone chas
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27 DID YOU KNOW? Old-School Univers
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Chapter 28 “Could I have some wat
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Chapter 28 “Take a seat and you c
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Chapter 28 “No, it’s a fair que
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Chapter 28 “Yes, and the hashing
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Chapter 28 originally no one though
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Chapter 29 Returning from his trip
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Chapter 29 GrapeVine starts on the
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Chapter 29 “A new project, relate
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Chapter 29 “I do.” Den nods.
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Chapter 29 The Scottish are the mas
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Chapter 29 “Well it would depend
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He withdraws his hand and nods. Cha
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Chapter 29 “Oh, not so?” “I h
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Chapter 29 “Me? Now what would he
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Chapter 30 The branch gives and she
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Chapter 30 “Hang on - we’re on.
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Chapter 30 “I could start by aski
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Chapter 30 She saves the mobile ID
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“That’s part of it.” “I’m
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Chapter 30 A map of the mountains a
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Chapter 31 They’ve got griefers m
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Chapter 31 promising to visit for a
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Chapter 31 He is left staring into
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Chapter 31 clothes look old, but th
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Chapter 31 with this now,” he say
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32 Jonas has cancelled his meeting
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Chapter 32 “Could you come down t
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Chapter 32 “Know what?” “Thin
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Chapter 32 “The famine relief?”
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“Don’t you dare make me come ov
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Chapter 32 degenerative disease. Th
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Chapter 32 “A lot of programming
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33 All night Deli. 02:00 a.m. “Ne
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Chapter 34 “The edge?” “Grens
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Chapter 34 effort. The vegetation s
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Chapter 34 “Bishop told me to wor
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Chapter 34 “Yeah, Jonathan was ta
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Chapter 34 She shakes her head. No
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Chapter 34 “How can you know that
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Chapter 34 Buy ChristaCola and feel
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Chapter 34 DEMONSTRATE FOR CULTURAL
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Chapter 34 Suddenly, Preeta does no
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Chapter 34 “The Christian lobby h
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35 The helicopter apparently touche
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Chapter 35 “Welcome to our improm
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Chapter 35 There is no denying that
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Chapter 35 “So are you driving me
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Chapter 35 “Hello, I am clearing
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Chapter 36 there, trying to comprom
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Chapter 36 over-stretched and the J
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Chapter 36 Den notes that it is not
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Chapter 36 Den interjects again:
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Chapter 36 “Are you suggesting th
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Chapter 36 “Well, aside from the
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Chapter 36 people are realising it
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“Research?” Chapter 36 * He dia
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Chapter 37 “What do you mean by a
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Chapter 37 reaching above the horiz
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Chapter 37 “Well, T13, you are th
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Chapter 37 She has been playing wit
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Chapter 37 it? Does he know that sh
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Chapter 38 Science Seminar. This ou
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Chapter 38 shudders. “What is the
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Chapter 38 Martin whispers. “Dadd
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Chapter 38 “Send me your ID so I
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Chapter 38 “None of us can have w
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40 Den has a sudden, sleepy recolle
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Chapter 40 “Welcome to reality, c
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Chapter 40 From Madrid, a shuttle f
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Chapter 40 even as they speak? But
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Chapter 40 So, she knows of his wor
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Chapter 40 He frowns invisibly. She
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Chapter 40 “Religious forces are
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Chapter 40 “I see what you mean.
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Chapter 40 “Did you know that the
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Chapter 40 It’s about asking othe
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Chapter 40 “Will you truly activa
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41 Dermot collapses at his desk. He
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Chapter 41 The humour drains out of
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Chapter 41 illumination and flashin
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Chapter 41 “No one gets anything
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Chapter 41 “Hey, do you remember
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Chapter 41 “Regular drinks at the
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Chapter 41 “Preeta, do you know w
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Chapter 41 “That’s the seventee
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Chapter 41 The pulsing of the light
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Part 3 White Christmas
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Chapter 42 He dropped Martin off wi
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Chapter 42 “We have made the deci
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Chapter 42 “What is an intellectu
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Chapter 42 role of management is no
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Chapter 42 market. Spirits, cigaret
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43 A football stadium converted int
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Chapter 44 “Hey, Genius. Don’t
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Chapter 44 “She has probably gone
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Chapter 44 They are driving along t
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Chapter 44 “Ooookaaaayy. Here’s
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45 Silver eel, electric and hushed.
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Chapter 45 “Dr Jonas Lindgren. My
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Chapter 45 “People with a cause t
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Chapter 45 theories about how to ke
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Chapter 45 disturbed or surprised b
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Chapter 45 “Information is power.
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Chapter 45 special skills. I would
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Chapter 45 “Good. So I’d better
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47 “So when are you coming back t
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Chapter 47 He looks at it and frown
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Chapter 47 “The Iranian bonyads?
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Chapter 47 “We could release a ru
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48 Thump. Scrape. Bang bang bang. B
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Chapter 49 of this nobility rub off
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Chapter 49 The music penetrates him
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Chapter 49 “I didn’t mean to ..
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50 Mary is collecting and retaining
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Chapter 51 “Hi. My friends call m
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Chapter 51 once you are big, you ha
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Chapter 51 She sketches the idea to
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Chapter 51 really, Norway was just
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Chapter 51 Nothing yet. In a sense,
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52 “I see it as my duty to be a k
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Chapter 52 “But that is what some
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Chapter 52 He ponders. “It seems
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Chapter 52 feeling to think of her.
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Chapter 52 teenagers would go for i
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Chapter 52 “It is the duty of thi
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53 Man meets woman in a local bar,
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Chapter 54 “That was when they ru
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Chapter 54 It is a moody day beyond
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Chapter 54 He smiles. “All right,
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Chapter 54 “Yeah - we’re one of
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Chapter 54 She recognizes the need
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Chapter 54 Is she flirting with me,
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Chapter 54 “You mean steak and ki
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Chapter 56 “No. They want me to s
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Chapter 56 He smiles and stares at
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Chapter 56 clothes-is that where th
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Chapter 56 Jonas has still not come
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Chapter 56 Jonas backtracks and goe
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Chapter 56 Almost as soon as he has
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Chapter 56 “No, but our company i
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Chapter 56 Ms Cortina gives him som
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Chapter 56 He cannot disagree with
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Chapter 56 helpless against this ti
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Chapter 56 “How can we expect to
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Chapter 56 “Fine, go on then. Get
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Chapter 57 inspecting thousands of
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Chapter 57 She examines her handiwo
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Chapter 57 “And evolution shall b
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Chapter 58 rehabilitation program.
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Chapter 58 Dean sits back in his se
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Chapter 58 She has with her a frien
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Chapter 59 He bangs on the door for
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Chapter 59 She saw it, realizing th
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Chapter 60 She storms out, slamming
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Chapter 61 He grins back at her.
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Chapter 61 She smiles. It is only a
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Chapter 62 bondage by the grip of a
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Chapter 62 run aground on the peril
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“The deadline has not passed.”
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Chapter 62 hostilities, a bridge of
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Chapter 62 influence. She hangs in
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Chapter 62 as before. The parameter
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Chapter 62 “Dead? How do you mean
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Chapter 62 Dermot walks back toward