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Title: The Alembic Plot
A Terran Empire novel

Author: Ann Wilson

Release Date: June 9, 2008 [EBook #25739]

Language: English

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THE ALEMBIC PLOT

A Terran Empire Novel

by Ann Wilson

Copyright (C) 1992 by Ann Wilson

CONTENTS

1. Injury
2. Hospital
3. Center
4. Ordination
5. Azrael
6. Tony
7. Dave
8. Ambush
9. Surgery
10. Dream
11. Dinner
12. Flight
13. Chuck
14. Bradford
15. Demon Drops
16. Marriage
17. Family
18. Revelation
19. Invitation
20. Lesson
21. Anguish
22. Sara
23. Raid
24. Revenge
25. Discussion
26. Imperial Contact
27. Interim
28. Aboard the Lindner
29. Arrival
30. Interview
31. Explanation
32. Briefing
33. Discussion 2
34. Transformation

1. Injury

St. Thomas, Monday, 17 June 2571 CE

Captain Mike Odeon cursed in angry frustration as he climbed out of his
command van into a late fall New Pennsylvania evening and signalled his
Special Operations team forward. They were too late.

Well, too late to catch them in the act, he amended silently. This
looked like one of the hit-and-run attacks the so-called Brothers of
Freedom specialized in; with local Enforcement men already on-scene,
the Brothers would be long gone. But they would catch the bastards
who'd attacked this Royal Enforcement Service convalescent hospital,
sooner or later. Motioning his second-in-command to him, Odeon gave
the routine