by Patrick Lee
He saw Paige after only a few seconds. She was sitting alone on a towel, staring at the sea. She hadn’t seen him yet.
Travis took out his wallet, withdrew a folded paper he’d kept in it for over two years, and stepped onto the beach.
Acknowledgments
This part would fill half the book if I listed everyone. Thank you to:
Diana Gill and Gabe Robinson, for critical guidance throughout the story.
Christine Maddalena, Pamela Spengler-Jaffee, Michael Brennan, and more people than I can probably know, much less thank, at HarperCollins.
Janet Reid, my extremely cool agent, and everyone else at FinePrint, for a million reasons that would fill the other half of the book.
About the Author
PATRICK LEE lives in Michigan. He is the author of The Breach and Ghost Country. To find out more, please visit www.patrickleefiction.com.
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By Patrick Lee
Ghost Country
The Breach
Copyright
This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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EPub Edition January 2011 ISBN: 9780062036605
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Table of Contents
Cover Page
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
EXECUTIVE ORDER 1978-AU3
Part I
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Part II
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Part III
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Also by the Author
Copyright
About the Publisher