Dead Man's JourneyAfter sea captain Alex Adamley is attacked, he loses his arm and his passion for the sea. Deciding to cross the American landscape with nothing but the clothes on his back, he heads to Colorado with a family deed to an old mining claim. When Alex is targeted by those willing to do anything to get their hands on his deed, they don't know how he is determined to stake his claim. (July) |
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... hand in welcome , not seeing that Alex's sleeve was empty . And Alex , unthinking , gave response to thirty - two years of training and habit . Alex tried to take that offered hand . He swung his stump forward . Then recoiled in horror ...
... hand in welcome , not seeing that Alex's sleeve was empty . And Alex , unthinking , gave response to thirty - two years of training and habit . Alex tried to take that offered hand . He swung his stump forward . Then recoiled in horror ...
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... hand to clean itself . By trial and error , largely error , he learned to roll the empty sleeve up past his stump , daub soap onto that , and then rub the stump with his remaining hand . The experience was unsettling the first few times ...
... hand to clean itself . By trial and error , largely error , he learned to roll the empty sleeve up past his stump , daub soap onto that , and then rub the stump with his remaining hand . The experience was unsettling the first few times ...
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... hand was what he needed , dammit . He felt a sense of frustration as he realized the difficulty that lay ahead of ... hand . He had them in hand , all right . But he also needed to hold the pencil while he tried to pinch and slice with ...
... hand was what he needed , dammit . He felt a sense of frustration as he realized the difficulty that lay ahead of ... hand . He had them in hand , all right . But he also needed to hold the pencil while he tried to pinch and slice with ...
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