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    My Own Flesh and Blood
    My Own Flesh and Blood
    My Own Flesh and Blood
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    My Own Flesh and Blood

    By Louisa Swann

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    Rhea Lockman hates technology. Gadgets and gizmos have not only complicated her life, they've killed her husband and son. Now she has a chance to help a rebel group in their fight against The Establishment, striking directly against the technology that is taking over her world. Something she is proud to take part in – until she discovers a fact about that technology that shreds her reality.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEye of the Eagle
    Release dateFeb 3, 2013
    ISBN9781301496907
    My Own Flesh and Blood
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    Louisa Swann

    Louisa is a professional writer living in northern California with husband, son, and a slew of critters, both domestic and wild. The family has been off the grid for over twenty years and keeps their carbon footprint small by doing without frig and water heater. Besides writing and caring for critters, both two-legged and four-legged, Louisa is the proud mama of a host of other little beings, namely veggies and flowers, who live in their 8′x16′ greenhouse. Springs fills the air with flowers and song while frogs leap merrily underfoot. Life is sweet!

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      My Own Flesh and Blood - Louisa Swann

      My Own Flesh

      and Blood

      Louisa Swann

      Rhea Lockman hates technology. Gadgets and gizmos have not only complicated her life, they've killed her husband and son. Now she has a chance to help a rebel group in their fight against The Establishment, striking directly against the technology that is taking over her world. She's proud to finally be making a difference – until she discovers a secret about that same technology. A secret that tears her reality to shreds.

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      Copyright

      My Own Flesh and Blood

      About the Author

      My Own Flesh and Blood

      Copyright 2013 by Louisa M. Swann

      Published by Eye of the Eagle Press

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      My Own Flesh and Blood

      Rhea Lockman took a deep breath and wrinkled her nose in disgust. God, she was tired of breathing recycled air and walking on carpeted steel. Her feet longed to touch real dirt, not the synthetic stuff they called gardens on these space stations. Just once more she’d like to breathe the sweet scent of damp earth crumbling beneath her feet, full of the fragrance of life. She sighed. Too many years spent rambling around in space. Maybe after this job she could make a trip back to Earth.

      Rhea resisted the urge to tug at her wig as she stared at the groups of uniformed officers gathered in the waiting area. She ignored the itch to move, to find someplace devoid of uniforms, and pulled a ball of yarn and a pair of needles from her bag. When she’d thought up this disguise, Rhea had searched for something grandmotherly to keep her hands occupied. Her friend Imogene knitted all the time, said it was tradition – her grandmother’s grandmother had

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