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    The Last Hand
    The Last Hand
    The Last Hand
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    The Last Hand

    By Brett P. S.

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    Blake Duval, chief IT professional aboard Astra Station and lead programmer for its on board intelligence, CICI, woke up late to find the Astra's crew and passengers gone. As he searched for answers in the void of space and time, clues pointed to much worse than an evacuation and far more dire than a catastrophe. Nobody deserves to die alone.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrett P. S.
    Release dateSep 29, 2017
    ISBN9781370152117
    The Last Hand
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    Brett P. S.

    Brett Sawyer (1986), born in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, is an indie author who writes short stories & novellas, from science fiction to heroes. He graduated from Eastern Illinois University in 2015 with a Bachelor’s in education and currently teaches game design at Lake Land College.Short Change arrived at retailers in November of 2014, the start of a hero series where ordinary people gained powers over oddly specific domains, following the story of a shorter than average hero who can telekinetically manipulate small units of currency.Short Change is free on “smashwords.com/profile/view/BrettPS” and Barnes & Noble along with other samples and short fiction.Brett’s popular releases in science fiction include “Dark Station” and “Tales from the Colony: An Interstellar Saga.” Dark Station is a deep space thriller set aboard an abandoned orbital science station where Ben Gebbley and his crew secretly investigate the disappearance of the original staff before others come to claim the lost assets.

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      The Last Hand - Brett P. S.

      Table of Contents

      CHAPTER 1

      CHAPTER 2

      CHAPTER 3

      CHAPTER 4

      Chapter 1

      Morning Routine

      Blake slid open a loose set of blinds and stepped out of his shower, an embroidered towel draped snugly around his waist.  The emblem read, Chief Duval, 8 years.  Blake smiled, turned and wiped the fog from his bathroom mirror.  A cold shower woke a man up from his stupor, but a hot shower let a man think. 

      Almost cracked that bugger codex, CICI, Blake said.  He reached for a razor and began the painstaking process of trimming his goatee and moustache.  It had to be just right.  Would you be a dear and brighten up the place?

      The bulbs fixed to the ceiling flushed with a bright aura, and waves of artificial

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