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  Danny thought his heart was going to pound right out of his chest. He was terrified the killer would see them, make them his next victims.

  As the car headed slowly up the rough road, Danny eased out to see if he could read the license plate number.

  Nothing but a faint dark outline of the car disappearing into the night.

  When it vanished into the distance, Carrie let go of a long, shuddering breath, then burst into silent tears.

  Danny let out a breath he didn’t know he was holding and they both sat there, holding each other, shuddering.

  Danny could see no evidence of what had just happened in the lake below.

  He and Carrie had both been born and raised in Las Vegas. They heard about crime on the nightly news, but never had been this close to anything like this.

  After a few minutes, Danny figured enough time had passed. He couldn’t hear the Mercedes at all.

  They moved as silently as they could to their car and then sat there for another few minutes.

  Nothing moving in the dark night.

  Danny finally started the car and faster than he had ever driven the gravel road, he headed for the main highway.

  Within minutes, Danny and Carrie were speeding back into town along the old Boulder Highway, Danny driving as fast as he could do safely.

  Next stop: the Las Vegas Police Department.

  He just hoped they would get there alive.

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  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith published more than a hundred novels in thirty years and hundreds of short stories across many genres.

  He wrote a couple dozen Star Trek novels, the only two original Men in Black novels, Spider-Man and X-Men novels, plus novels set in gaming and television worlds. Writing with his wife Kristine Kathryn Rusch under the name Kathryn Wesley, they wrote the novel for the NBC miniseries The Tenth Kingdom and other books for Hallmark Hall of Fame movies.

  He wrote novels under dozens of pen names in the worlds of comic books and movies, including novelizations of a dozen films, from The Final Fantasy to Steel to Rundown.

  He now writes his own original fiction under just the one name, Dean Wesley Smith. In addition to his upcoming novel releases, his monthly magazine called Smith’s Monthly premiered October 1, 2013, filled entirely with his original novels and stories.

  Dean also worked as an editor and publisher, first at Pulphouse Publishing, then for VB Tech Journal, then for Pocket Books. He now plays a role as an executive editor for the original anthology series Fiction River.

  For more information go to www.deanwesleysmith.com, www.smithsmonthly.com or www.fictionriver.com.

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  Table of Contents

  Part One

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Chapter Twelve

  Chapter Thirteen

  Chapter Fourteen

  Chapter Fifteen

  Part Two

  Chapter Sixteen

  Chapter Seventeen

  Chapter Eighteen

  Chapter Nineteen

  Chapter Twenty

  Chapter Twenty-one

  Chapter Twenty-two

  Chapter Twenty-three

  Chapter Twenty-four

  Part Three

  Chapter Twenty-five

  Chapter Twenty-six

  Chapter Twenty-seven

  Chapter Twenty-eight

  Chapter Twenty-nine

  Chapter Thirty

  Chapter Thirty-one

  Cold Call Sample Chapter

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Look for These Other Titles from Dean Wesley Smith

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