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Chapter 01: Anomaly
Chapter 02: Class
Chapter 03: Contact
Chapter 04: News
Chapter 05: Helium
Chapter 06: Pioneer
Chapter 07: United Nations
Chapter 08: Big Brother
Chapter 09: Hot Chocolate
Chapter 10: Carbon
Chapter 11: Downtown
Chapter 12: Blue Sky
Chapter 13: Why?
Chapter 14: Darwin
Chapter 15: Neptune
Chapter 16: Cable TV
Chapter 17: Mall
Chapter 18: Trust
Chapter 19: Life
Afterword
Other books by Peter Cawdron
Copyright © Peter Cawdron 2011
All rights reserved
The right of Peter Cawdron to be identified as the author of this work is asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
First published as an eBook by Peter Cawdron at Smashwords.
ISBN-13: 978-1478175551
ISBN-10: 1478175559
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4657-7394-4
Fourth Edition 2015
All the characters in this book are fictitious, and any resemblance to actual persons living or dead is purely coincidental.
Chapter 01: Anomaly
Shortly after lunch, cracks appear in the road, curving in an arc across the intersection. Officer Jimmy Davies directs traffic on the corner of 1
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and East 45
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in Manhattan. The traffic lights are dead. There’s nothing notable about his assignment other than that he’s standing outside the United Nations. Davies waves with his white-gloved hand, signaling for the traffic to keep moving.
The sun beats down on him. Regulations dictate long sleeves to protect against UV, but in the midst of a sweltering New York summer, the sweat pours off him. The electrician fixing the lights said the repair would only take fifteen minutes, but it’s been almost three hours, and his legs are aching.
Around him, impatient drivers honk their horns. Apparently, air conditioning can do that to you, he thinks sarcastically, stopping a line of traffic so he can allow a party of school children to cross from the corner of East 45
th

. The kids are bubbly, excited about visiting the U.N. building as part of a school excursion.
The smells from the Thai restaurant on the corner waft through the air. A hint of chicken cooked in garlic and ginger, along with the allure of roasted cashews, drives his taste buds crazy.
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A film crew sets up a camera on a tripod outside the gates to the U.N. General Assembly building on a side road adjacent to the T-intersection. The flags of over a hundred countries flutter in the breeze behind them.
Cathy Jones stands with her back to the flags, using their vibrant colors as the backdrop for her news segment. Her cameraman, Jimmy Fin ............

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