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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
T. J. Martinson grew up just outside Chicago. He received his M.A. in literary studies from Eastern Illinois University and is currently working toward a Ph.D. at Indiana University Bloomington. You can sign up for email updates here.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Prologue
1. The Video
2. Shallow Footprints
3. Judge of Man
4. Pro Bono
5. Tinfoil Birds
6. Thin Lines
7. May 1979
8. Peter Richards
9. Occurrence
10. Queen Cleopatra and Annabelle Lee
11. D-I-N
12. June 1981
13. A Castle Within a Castle
14. Gun Drawn
15. .exe
16. “Unknown”
17. Like They Already Always Were
18. April 1982
19. Minesweeper
20. Pwoblém pap fini
21. Paul Wroblewski
22. Lucky
23. December 1983
24. Whatever Days Might Follow
25. Miss May
26. The Armada
27. A Room Much Like the One We’re Sitting in Now
28. The Wasteland
29. No Knock
30. Her Boy
31. Melted Bodies
32. A Face in the Window
33. Transitory
34. A Criminal at My Kitchen Table
35. Betrayal
36. Blustery
37. January 1984
38. 9-1-1
39. Underground
40. Park
41. Hostage
42. Hope
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
About the Author
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.
THE REIGN OF THE KINGFISHER. Copyright © 2019 by T. J. Martinson. All rights reserved. For information, address Flatiron Books, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Names: Martinson, T. J., author.
Title: The reign of the Kingfisher: a novel / T. J. Martinson.
Description: First edition.|New York: Flatiron Books, 2019.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018030160|ISBN 9781250170217 (hardcover)|ISBN 9781250170224 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Superheroes—Fiction.|GSAFD: Suspense fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3613.A7876 R45 2019|DDC 813/.6—dc23
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