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Contents
Title Page
Author’s Note
Dramatis Personae
Prologue
1. Unexpected Losses
2. Inspiration
3. Networking
4. Suggestion
5. Summons
6. In Decision
7. Genesis
8. Scramble
9. Skunk Works
10. Circus
11. Beginning
12. Rumors
13. Working the Problem
14. Escalation
15. Invasion
16. Setbacks
17. Good News and Bad
18. Break Point
19. Incidents
20. Final Push
21. The Reveal
22. Anticipation
23. Bait and Switch
24. High Ground, Part I
25. High Ground, Part II
Epilogue
Kelly Johnson’s Rules and Practices
Afterword
Glossary
About the Author
Forge Books by Larry Bond
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
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Copyright © 2015 by Larry Bond and Chris Carlson
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Cover art by Paul Youll
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ISBN 978-0-7653-3491-6 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4668-1894-1 (e-book)
e-ISBN 9781466818941
First Edition: May 2015
Table of Contents
Title Page
Author’s Note
Dramatis Personae
Prologue
1. Unexpected Losses
2. Inspiration
3. Networking
4. Suggestion
5. Summons
6. In Decision
7. Genesis
8. Scramble
9. Skunk Works
10. Circus
11. Beginning
12. Rumors
13. Working the Problem
14. Escalation
15. Invasion
16. Setbacks
17. Good News and Bad
18. Break Point
19. Incidents
20. Final Push
21. The Reveal
22. Anticipation
23. Bait and Switch
24. High Ground, Part I
25. High Ground, Part II
Epilogue
Kelly Johnson’s Rules and Practices
Afterword
Glossary
About the Author
Forge Books by Larry Bond
Copyright