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He throws his arms around both his mother and his father and holds them with all the strength he has. Lucas, pulled in by their gravity, joins them in this odd and awkward familial embrace, and for Co
Co
And Co
“I’m doing this to save your lives,” Co
His father now sobs uncontrollably into Co
It is then that Co
“Can we go home now?” Lucas asks.
“Soon,” Co
And so, as the mob backs away to give them space . . . and as the riot police holster their weapons, standing down, and as Risa takes the podium, calming the crowd with a voice as soothing as a sonata, Co
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Part One: Sanctuaries of Purpose
Chapter 1: AWOL
Chapter 2: Argent
Chapter 3: Co
Chapter 4: Lev
Chapter 5: Starkey
Chapter 6: Co
Part Two: Here Be Dragons
Chapter 7: Sky Jockey
Chapter 8: Cam
Chapter 9: Una
Chapter 10: Fretwell
Chapter 11: Lev
Chapter 12: Una
Chapter 13: Hayden
Chapter 14: Groundskeeper
Chapter 15: Jeevan
Chapter 16: Bam
Chapter 17: Argent
Part Three: A Path to Penance
Chapter 18: Cam
Chapter 19: Risa
Chapter 20: Co
Chapter 21: Risa
Chapter 22: Co
Chapter 23: Lev
Chapter 24: Cam
Part Four: This Lane Must Exit
Chapter 25: Starkey
Chapter 26: Podcast
Chapter 27: Mousetail
Chapter 28: Starkey
Chapter 29: Hayden
Chapter 30: Starkey
Chapter 31: Grace
Chapter 32: Sonia
Chapter 33: Nelson