SIMON PULSE

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Text © 1988 by Christopher Pike

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First SIMON PULSE ebook edition October 2022

CIP data for this book is available from the Library of Congress.

ISBN 978-0-671-73682-8

ISBN 978-1-6659-4062-7 (ebook)