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WRONG SIDE IN



By Duncan Long
Long Term Publications


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 PROLOGUE
e became the tsunami that
changed history and turned it
wrong side out. Of course all
events didn’t unfold as planned by
those who thought they were in
charge; but those in charge never
suspected our coming. The simplest departure from
their machinations became a far-reaching danger, as
if one pebble thrown into a pond somehow created
the tidal wave that came back to destroy.
I know now that the pivotal event started quietly,
the way many do. Like most, it merited no mention in
the newspapers. Its real damage wouldn’t occur for
nearly a century, long after all but one of the players
was dead. Thus, event heralding this storm charging
toward my doorstep occurred long before my birth.
It started shortly after Jeff Huntington cast his
smoldering cigarette toward the tarmac. Its glowing,
crimson tip arched in the darkness then crashed into
a thousand sparks. He exhaled smoke, eyeing the
glowing sunrise that promised to transform the humid
night’s heat into another Thailand scorcher.
As part of the sweaty step crew, Jeff stood
nervously with the other specialists stationed at the
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end of the runway, waiting for the bombing mission to
be flown. Their job was to fix any of the electronics
that broke down before the takeoff of the eight aging