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       Copyright

      HarperElement

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      First published in the US by Little, Brown and Company, Inc. 1991

      This edition HarperElement 2006

      © Torey Hayden 1991

      Torey Hayden asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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      Source ISBN: 9780007218646

      Ebook Edition © 2012 ISBN: 9780007370825 Version 2015-02-03

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       Dedication

      The names of people in this book have been changed for reasons of privacy.

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       Chapter One

       Chapter Two

       Chapter Three

       Chapter Four

       Chapter Five

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten

       Chapter Eleven

       Chapter Twelve

       Chapter Thirteen

       Chapter Fourteen

       Chapter Fifteen

       Chapter Sixteen

       Chapter Seventeen

       Chapter Eighteen

       Chapter Nineteen

       Chapter Twenty

       Chapter Twenty-One

       Chapter Twenty-Two

       Chapter Twenty-Three

       Chapter Twenty-Four

       Chapter Twenty-Five

       Chapter Twenty-Six

       Chapter Twenty-Seven

       Epilogue

       Keep Reading

       Exclusive sample chapter

       Torey Hayden

       About the Author

       About the Publisher

       Chapter One

      There were 152 miles between the city and Falls River and from there another 23 miles to Pecking. All of it was prairie, wide flat, and open, interrupted only by the interstate. There were towns along the way, of course, although “town” was a rather grand description for most of them. The names, however, were always hopeful: Harmony, New Marseilles, Valhalla.

      I’d alloted myself two and a half hours to cover the distance, setting off in the early morning darkness with an egg salad sandwhich and a thermos of coffee. Given no nasty surprises in the January weather, I anticipated reaching Pecking by eight.

      For much of the way mine was the only car on the road. In and

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