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- Page 11 and 12: FOREWORDPEOPLE OFTEN ASK me, Which
- Page 13 and 14: CHAPTER 1LATE ON A full-mooned Sund
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- Page 17 and 18: There was an explosion of suffocati
- Page 19 and 20: The Ashton Clarion was a small-town
- Page 21 and 22: “Yeah,” Marshall groaned, “ri
- Page 23 and 24: “Sure, I know that. Have you got
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- Page 27 and 28: see what I can do. And I wouldn’t
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- Page 33 and 34: didn’t like it. Now I’m preachi
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- Page 37 and 38: came on like a likable guy, but Mar
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- Page 41 and 42: Marshall felt himself going right a
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disappearing from sight even now, b
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you and stopped you in time. You’
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the Lord’s service before there h
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Tal watched Hank finishing up the l
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than a physical condition; it was a
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“Hogan casts you off? Is it not y
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bungler! To fear is to fail!”Then
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hosts of heaven, has shown fear. He
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with noxious fumings right into his
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made any sense, but one thing was v
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He moved down the hall to check San
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Hank stood in the doorway between k
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“She’s gone. Her room’s empty
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madness had been very frighteningly
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Kate was a little surprised. “I t
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“One o’clock would be nice.”
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“A vote of confidence, I understa
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me my home, my reputation, my healt
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trash. The spirits were teasing him
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his own reflection in the desk top
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peaceful. How he got to be a cop, I
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Young. Reverend Young, Alf Brummel,
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She still didn’t know what had te
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“Well then, I’m not frightened.
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eyes. “Are you afraid of Henry Bu
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That ruined it for Bernice. “How
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“Never. They could have been out-
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“Mr. Hogan?” he asked.“Yeah,
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THE FRIDAY EDITION of the Clarion w
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mostly from him, he rubs shoulders
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don’t want to know anything about
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CHAPTER 10ON FRIDAY EVENING Hank co
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so much more to tell you!”“Well
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tell you that!”“Religion I don
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haired messenger of God who accompa
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people. So, let us open with a word
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you do not want that kind of pastor
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committee was considering another m
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women, hobbling toward the church.
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“Make sure Lou back there gets a
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again. Threatening voices, monsters
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Marshall let it go.The groceries we
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Marshall tried not to lose a big fi
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Hank and Mary looked at each other
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the fallen swords; he stared at the
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Tal’s plan falls. There isn’t m
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“Boy, I guess so,” Sandy mutter
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my head!”Shawn put up hands of ca
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“It is a good beginning,” Tal s
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paychecks.”“Oh-oh. What’s thi
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“And don’t forget Ted Harmel.
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“I finally decided just to stick
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He got to the sermon and opened his
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don’t cut it. They don’t preach
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all his parishioners, shaking hands
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A FEW STATES away, in a deep, seclu
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“The errors of Prince Lucius are
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CHAPTER 14WELL, THOUGHT MARSHALL, s
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the two of them, “Now remember, I
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The big, fanged mouth broke into a
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MARY COULD FEEL her heart pounding.
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with iron fists and tore at him wit
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to Hank’s protecting arms, she pu
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Please!”
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her.”“What Shawn is doing to he
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remember having any encounters with
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black wings before he shot upward t
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other swords were drawn behind him.
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“Let’s get him out of here,”
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alone.”Rebellion considered Ron
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CHAPTER 16NATHAN AND ARMOTH flew hi
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hounding after that sort of thing,
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“I believe my friend Ruth William
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Strachan tightened his lips, looked
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move or take just one wrong step. P
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walking.The office staff saluted he
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He twirled her around and laughed p
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Tal’s first response was, “Is t
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The Buick limped into the little fi
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turned around and there she was.”
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CHAPTER 18HANK STARTED THE Sunday m
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the Lord!”“Clint Neal—I work
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the window to make sure it would op
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saints.“It will be difficult,”
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In the phone booth, Susan looked up
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Susan and thrusting her through the
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request on the job. She had asked i
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Man, she just gave it all to that K
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“Who? Did she say who?”Weed loo
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“No, not over the phone. It has t
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“Sure. You know how to run it?”
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CHAPTER 20MARSHALL WAS BEGINNING to
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your life. You’re only one segmen
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“But who are they? Can you at lea
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Bernice shouted angrily after him,
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CHAPTER 21BERNICE WAS IN a hurry. S
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lofty rafters looking on. The angel
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time; some knew how to pray loudly
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Marshall knew well enough to trust.
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“Sheesh! Deeding everything over
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CHAPTER 22IN ANOTHER STATE, in a lo
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“But I don’t think I want to tr
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something. I had no idea …”Bern
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BERNICE HAD STUMBLED too far into a
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“I’m trying to chase down some
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“Then can you tell me the truth a
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equal value if I look hard enough.
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very good leads on all the sheriff
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The two of them continued in confer
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forth from her like the spitting of
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Marshall grabbed his clothes and be
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window. The sound seemed deafening.
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The demons began to shy back; half
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Eldon Strachan’s place. It took h
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“Windsor Precinct,” came the sh
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was. She looked down one long corri
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faded in and out, were there, were
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Nelson smiled and said, “We’ll
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Hank spoke quietly aside to Andy.
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He kissed her forehead. “Happy X-
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Alf Brummel sat at the conference t
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charge; you pushed and pressed for
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“Who’s ‘we’ and ‘us’?
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far as our investigation of Ted Har
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“I will mention that name again a
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“We are many, many, many!” the
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Right then and there, Bobby Corsi b
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blossoms. The air was warm, and a p
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his chair and sitting there motionl
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BERNICE LAY ON her couch with an ic
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I’d never find one better. I also
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for a while, get away from all this
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more documents, some photographs, a
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some of his warriors carried out hi
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her. She had to wonder how much he
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But no sooner had he stepped into t
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They both listened. The cloud, stil
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shipping crates and travel cases. H
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The warrior was poised, his eyes on
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“We are ready,” he declared, an
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up to fend off the incredibly power
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BERNICE KNEW IT would be difficult,
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“If he even comes out!” Mark mu
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could he draw the line between thei
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think for a moment, okay? Can you j
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Hank took another good look at Carm
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Instantly it shot upward and came d
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whole afternoon, his meeting with B
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“Help me up.”“You help me up!
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Two policemen stood at the door, an
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“He didn’t say so, but I’ve n
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“Must be signal activated … swi
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Bernice took a look also, and both
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“Sorry for disturbing all of you
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CHAPTER 32MARSHALL WAS FACEDOWN on
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I guess. We can book her for burgla
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DOWN BELOW THE courthouse, alone in
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“I,” said Rafar slowly and fier
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name of Jesus, a binding of the evi
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toast and cold eggs. Perhaps this w
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Hank didn’t quite know what to ma
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“I’m so sorry,” she said. “
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Bernice’s eyes immediately gave h
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CHAPTER 34BERNICE KILLED ANOTHER ho
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woman! Police! You! Hold it!”The
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The footsteps were very close now.
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encountering demonic powers in this
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“I was driving down the road to m
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CHAPTER 35THE MOTEL IN Orting was n
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documentation for Susan’s account
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take care of himself.A lump, that
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“Let’s check out of here.”The
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observed him for a moment, drinking
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“I don’t know where she’d go,
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“Wake up! You haven’t even slep
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night. Now they were right up at th
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under the cover of occasional cloud
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Susan and Bernice went carefully to
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face was still a little grim, but h
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building for a good hiding place to
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“See you then.”Now Kevin and Su
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He tried to think of what to say.
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He looked at the clock. It was just
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BERNICE, SUSAN, and Kevin waited ne
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authorities find them. Let them fin
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to him! And there was Weed, alive!
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had a cow bloating on him while ano
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already!” Rafar then pointed his
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Another let out a long, drooling sn
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KASEPH’S LIMOUSINE CRUISED toward
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Babylon. He has lived many lives, a
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became thick and choking with the p
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Hank concluded, “We really don’
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Busche are free! The Maidservant is
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CHAPTER 40MARSHALL, HANK, SUSAN, an
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THE PEOPLE AROUND the conference ta
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RAFAR SCREAMED THROUGH Langstrat,
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TAL, GUILO, AND the General streake
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Sandy could not hear him.But Rafar
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Heaven are everywhere!”“Treache
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“No, it is Lucius who is the enem
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the blow, but collapsed under the p
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“Let me go!” she screamed at hi
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THE GENERAL SWUNG his sword at the
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Saints of God, where are your praye
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CHAPTER 42RIP! RAFAR’S SWORD took
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THERE WAS A puff of sulfur, and Raf
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his burly friend awaited him with a
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family back together again, ready t
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Tal was looking at Hank when he sai
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FRANK PERETTI'S NEWEST NOVELCHAPTER
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