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Howard BooksA Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.1230 Avenue of the AmericasNew York, NY 10020www.SimonandSchuster.comThis book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents eitherare products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Anyresemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirelycoincidental.Copyright © 1986, 2003 by Frank E. PerettiOriginally published by Crossway Books in different form.All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portionsthereof in any form whatsoever. For information address Howard BooksSubsidiary Rights Department, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York,NY 10020.First Howard Books ebook edition February 2012HOWARD and colophon are trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc.The Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau can bring authors to your live event.For more information or to book an event, contact the Simon & SchusterSpeakers Bureau at 1-866-248-3049 or visit our website atwww.simonspeakers.com.Designed by Jaime PutortiLibrary of Congress Catalog Card Number 86-70279ISBN 978-1-4516-7333-3 (ebook)
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers,against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this presentdarkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.—EPHESIANS 6:12 (ESV)
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Page 9 and 10: CONTENTSForewordChapter 1Chapter 2C
Page 11 and 12: FOREWORDPEOPLE OFTEN ASK me, Which
Page 13 and 14: CHAPTER 1LATE ON A full-mooned Sund
Page 15 and 16: hurried away to their next appointm
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
Page 25 and 26: “He wouldn’t give me a chance!
Page 27 and 28: see what I can do. And I wouldn’t
Page 29 and 30: “All right, all right, one more t
Page 31 and 32: been voted in as pastor, which mean
Page 33 and 34: didn’t like it. Now I’m preachi
Page 35 and 36: surveying the aftermath of the Fest
Page 37 and 38: came on like a likable guy, but Mar
Page 39 and 40: look over, papers that covered up t
Page 41 and 42: Marshall felt himself going right a
Page 43 and 44: took the hand and they shook, he al
Page 45 and 46: Brummel pulled a big gun. “Hank,
Page 47 and 48: and hurting. Let her talk, let her
Page 49 and 50: door, and took one of the empty sea
Page 51 and 52: “I’m over here, Daddy.”Immedi
Page 53 and 54: 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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