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    Not A Stranger In Paradise
    Not A Stranger In Paradise
    Not A Stranger In Paradise
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    Not A Stranger In Paradise

    By Ray Daley

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    Wake up from your dreams, things are never as it seems,
    Look all around you, the trials that surround you.

    Is this a test? Or are you the test?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRay Daley
    Release dateOct 31, 2016
    ISBN9781370915392
    Not A Stranger In Paradise
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    Ray Daley

    Ray Daley was born in Coventry & still lives there. He served 6 yrs in the RAF as a clerk & spent most of his time in a Hobbit hole in High Wycombe. He is a published poet & has been writing stories since he was 10. His current dream is to eventually finish the Hitch Hikers fanfic novel he's been writing since 1986.

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      Not A Stranger In Paradise - Ray Daley

      Not A Stranger In Paradise

      Raymond Daley

      Copyright 4/5/2014 by Raymond Daley

      Smashwords Edition

      The dream felt very real, but then again they quite often do.

      The whole feeling of being taken away, quite roughly too, off to a secret Government Establishment to be tested for initiative and persistence. Dreams are fine. It's the whole waking up back into a cold reality that's the worst part.

      There's nothing like waking up in an unfamiliar place, surrounded by complete strangers, not knowing why you're there.

      I opened my eyes slowly.

      Sir, he's waking up! I heard a man's voice close by my head calling out to someone, he sounded vaguely familiar.

      My vision started to return. I could make out the wall but it was so big that it was impossible not to see it, looming off into the

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