James Axler

 

 

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If you purchased this book without a cover you should be aware that this book is stolen property. It was reported as "unsold and destroyed" to the publisher, and neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this "stripped book."

 

 

 

 

For Melissa Ellis and Will Murray, and for all the mucksuckers they've helped me to defeat.

 

 

First edition November 1996

 

ISBN 0-373-62534-0

 

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Copyright 1996 by Worldwide Library.

 

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America's like an ark, I always thought, different types and nations accounted for, to safekeep from another disaster sure to afflict the rest of the world. But what if the plague, the flood, the meteor, strikes our lands, too?

 

We'll just have to keep looking for tomorrow, keep looking real hard, for as long as it takes. And for now, don't forget Ozymandias.

 

Star Gazing , by E. Edelon, published by Boston New Press, Boston, 1996