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- Page 16 and 17: he refused to accept that. The trai
- Page 18 and 19: Michael winced and clutched his leg
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- Page 22 and 23: Michael’s brain was tired. Even t
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- Page 26 and 27: her gaze. Michael flinched, but he
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- Page 42 and 43: family eventually. I know way too m
- Page 44 and 45: “Then let’s Sink.” They left
- Page 46 and 47: Michael turned and looked at Sarah.
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caves. He just stared at a spot on
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“I can’t focus!” Sarah yelled
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disappeared. He could no longer see
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Darkness. Darkness. Darkness. Micha
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Michael was sure of it. Kaine’s n
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and shout for joy. Instead, they on
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Michael’s hand, and silently, the
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“Yours. I think Kaine might have
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“I think it’s high time we had
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By that night, Michael had two room
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Tangent invasion. It was all too mu
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hung from his mouth like he’d for
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the things on the news.” “You r
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the heat from its boosters shimmeri
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Either way, too much was at risk if
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few hover-cars shared the airways w
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Sarah leaned forward and looked bac
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uildings at odd angles and the blue
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would surely fall this time, but it
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Bryson didn’t stop, keeping a rel
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pushed them into action. Just as he
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Michael went to her right, crouched
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the kitchen floor, as if the person
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A half hour later, the three of the
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She came to me, guys. She came to m
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Sarah stayed silent, the fuming kin
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woman had dazed expressions on thei
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Michael turned to Sarah, placed his
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Gabby’s hand. “Do you want us t
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“This is where she said it’d be
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gotta be kidding me. Seriously.”
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Michael and his friends followed Ag
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The place looked like a morgue. Two
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Michael was a gamer at heart. True-
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“I’m sure Weber thought of that
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digital static. The world itself wa
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“Mi-chael.” He stopped. This ti
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within the VirtNet—undeveloped pl
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“The water’s just an illusion,
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illuminating millions upon millions
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the distance, obscured and fuzzy. L
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was excited at the wealth of inform
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them appeared to be from famous Vir
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fangs puncturing his neck. His musc
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It was just … I was attacked by o
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them inside. He stopped for a momen
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Michael looked at her, not knowing
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like any other Tangent, no matter h
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“Are we finished?” she asked a
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Michael waited for the bomb to drop
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The bathroom door creaked open, the
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Michael and his friends traded look
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Pain. A storm of humming, buzzing,
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they needed to get moving, no time
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system. Like, from decades ago. Why
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suck the lives out of them. But not
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Michael’s mind switched off. Ther
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Vwoomp. His hand slipped on the lad
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Another explosion. The building jol
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Michael floated in and out of consc
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Michael lay on a tiny cot in a cram
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“I …” Michael tried desperate
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world where reality just wasn’t e
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with alarm. “Tangents?” he aske
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James Dashner was born and raised i