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The best is last, and that is my wife, Sandy, who is an example to me and to all who know her of courage and optimism. Perfect wife, perfect mother, and perfectly beautiful, inside and out.
The following people have made generous contributions to charities in return for having their name used as a character in this novel: Nikola Andersson—East End Hospice; Scott Kalish—Boys & Girls Club of Oyster Bay–East Norwich; Howard Fensterman—Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation; Dean Hampton—Robert F. Ke
I hope they all enjoy their fictitious alter egos and that they continue their good work for worthy causes.
To contact the author, please visit his website, www.nelsondemille.net
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Contents
COVER
TITLE PAGE
WELCOME
DEDICATION
PART I
CHAPTER ONE
PART II
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
PART III
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
CHAPTER NINETEEN
CHAPTER TWENTY
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
PART IV
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
CHAPTER THIRTY
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
PART V
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
PART VI
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOVELS BY NELSON DEMILLE
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COPYRIGHT
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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.
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