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    King of the World
    King of the World
    King of the World
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    King of the World

    By Paul Martin

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    When the Turtle first appeared before an awestruck world, it seemed nothing would ever be the same again. But twelve years on, and with the Turtle’s secret still just that, one believer starts to question his faith.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVolume Edizioni
    Release dateJun 14, 2016
    ISBN9789492488138
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      King of the World - Paul Martin

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      King of the World

      by Paul Martin

      ALFAR 

      Sci-fi & Fantasy Series

      n. 10

      Cover by VolumePressGT

      Editor in Chief: Massimo Cimarelli

      Art Director: Francesca Eleuteri

      ISBN 978-94-92488-13-8

      First published : May 2016

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      King of the World

      By Paul Martin

      The sky shifts from overcast grey to the gloom of evening. Sitting on the front step of the shack he has called home for a third of his life, Billy Feltham remains motionless, watching the dying of the meagre light.

      He holds a single sheet of paper in his hands.

      Evening turns to night without Billy budging. Not long afterwards, a heavy downpour begins, rain drumming loudly on the rows of corrugated plastic and aluminium roofs. Billy watches the falling water flicker past the weak lamps of the camp.

      He thinks about the day he first arrived, the settlement then numbering tens of thousands of shelters rather than the sorry few hundred still standing some twelve years later. Nervous about the frenzied atmosphere he was walking into, Billy had melted into the smiling pandemonium with surprising ease.

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