First and foremost, a very special heart-felt thank you to my Facebook Beta readers, especially Marc Saucier, Christine Decker, Brenda Duguay, Marjorie Roy, Cathie Goncalves Estabrook, Lana-Wayne Willwerth, Lynne Mullens Hailey, Donna Drake Preuit-Kimbrough, Brenda Reeders, Don Olson, Cheryl Rowland, Jennifer Hartline, Vanessa Winters, Valerie Lloyd Wynn, Sharina Kim, Ronell Stickling, Pam Abshire Gonsalves, Valerie Lloyd Wynn, Cindy Heinrich Jimenez, Tracie Rye, Elizabeth Draper Guerrero, Veronica Sternberg, Kim Swanson Pratt, and Kevin Scott, your feedback, suggestions, and comments helped bring this story to life.
To Jennifer Hartline, thank you for your detailed feedback and suggestions for improving the story pacing.
To Tracy Gordon, Terrie A Steevens, Catherine McPhie, Ryan Froos, Cheryl Rowland, Kate Roed, JR Bray, Craig Hunsicker, and Julia Slade, thank you for your story and character development suggestions.
To Avi Verk, thank you for your suggestions on improving Samuel Stirling’s character.
To Candace Pringle, Nancy Rowaan-Newstead, and Pam Abshire Gonsalves, thank you for your suggestions on building suspense in the story.
To Sharina Kim, Janice L Myers, Anne Evans, and Jodi Bixler Breese, thank you for your in-depth and detailed feedback and suggestions.
To fellow writer and author Shawn Wells, thank you for your help, support, and guidance.
To Crystal McLaren, thank you for your last minute contributions. I miss our Friday morning coffee sessions.
To my developmental editor Linda Hull, thank you for helping to make this second edition the best it could be.
A very special thank you to my good friend and plotting partner Dina. Words cannot express the gratitude I have for your contribution.
To my friends who have always been there for me (you know who you are), thank you for helping me celebrate the good times and getting me through the tough times.
To Meeghn and Michael, thank you for always being there.
To my mom, dad, and sister, thank you for your unconditional love and support. I love you more than words can express.
To my readers, thank you for your continued support, I am truly blessed to have you.
Most importantly, I want to thank God for always being there when I needed Him.
This book is a work of fiction. All names, characters, locations and incidents are products of the author’s imagination, or have been used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, locales or events is entirely coincidental.
The Devil’s Game
Copyright © 2013-14 Daniel Patterson.
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One Chance excerpt copyright © 2012 Daniel Patterson.
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Scripture quotations marked NIV are from the Holy Bible, New International Version. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan.
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eBook second edition published—September 2014
ISBN-10: 0990824217
ISBN-13: 978-0-9908242-1-3
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Table of Contents
Main Menu
Dedication
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
PART TWO
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
PART THREE
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Chapter Thirty-Three
Chapter Thirty-Four
Chapter Thirty-Five
Chapter Thirty-Six
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Chapter Thirty-Eight
Chapter Thirty-Nine
Chapter Forty
PART FOUR
Chapter Forty-One
Chapter Forty-Two
Chapter Forty-Three
Chapter Forty-Four
Chapter Forty-Five
Chapter Forty-Six
Chapter Forty-Seven
Chapter Forty-Eight
Chapter Forty-Nine
Chapter Fifty
Chapter Fifty-One
One Chance Excerpt
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
Also by Daniel Patterson
About the Author
Meet Daniel Patterson
Acknowledgements
Copyright Information
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