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    Amateur in Chancery
    Amateur in Chancery
    Amateur in Chancery
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    Amateur in Chancery

    By George Smith

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    The creature from Venus didn't know right from left—and life and death hung in the balance!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPerennial Press
    Release dateApr 10, 2016
    ISBN9781531263492
    Amateur in Chancery
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    George Smith

    George Smith is a published author and playwright employed in the field of community education.

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      Amateur in Chancery - George Smith

      AMATEUR IN CHANCERY

      George Smith

      PERENNIAL PRESS

      Thank you for reading. In the event that you appreciate this book, please consider sharing the good word(s) by leaving a review, or connect with the author.

      This book is a work of fiction; its contents are wholly imagined.

      All rights reserved. Aside from brief quotations for media coverage and reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced or distributed in any form without the author’s permission. Thank you for supporting authors and a diverse, creative culture by purchasing this book and complying with copyright laws.

      Copyright © 2016 by George Smith

      Interior design by Pronoun

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      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      AMATEUR IN CHANCERY

      AMATEUR IN CHANCERY

      PAUL WALLACH CAME INTO my office. He looked distraught. By some trick of selection, Paul Wallach, the director of Project Tunnel, was one of the two men in the place who did not have a string of doctor’s and scholar’s degrees to tack behind their names. The other was I.

      Trouble, Paul? I asked.

      He nodded, saying, The tunnel car is working.

      It should. It’s been tested enough.

      Holly Carter drew the short straw.

      Er— I started and then stopped short as the implication became clear. She’s—she’s—not—?

      Holly made it to Venus all right, he said. Trouble is we can’t get her back.

      Can’t get her back?

      He nodded again. "You know, we’ve never really known very much about

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