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KRISTOPHER REISZ
Tripping to Somewhere
If you purchased this book without a cover, you should be aware that this book is stolen property. It was reported as “unsold and destroyed” to the publisher, and neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this “stripped book.”
This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
SIMON PULSE
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Copyright © 2008 by Kristopher Reisz
All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form.
SIMON PULSE and colophon are registered trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Designed by Mike Rosamilia
The text of this book was set in Electra LH.
Manufactured in the United States of America
First Simon Pulse edition February 2008
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Library of Congress Control Number 2007933716
eISBN-13: 978-1-416-54626-9
To my parents, Jim and Denise Reisz, whose love guided me even while I forged my own paths