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Flash / L. E. Modesitt, Jr.—1st US ed.

p. cm. "A Tor Book." ISBN 0-765-31128-3 EAN
978-0765-31128-3

1. Advertising—Fiction. 2. Political campaigns—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3563.O264F58 2004 813'.54—dc22

2004009861

First Edition: September 2004

Printed in the United States of America

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For Catherine and Eric,

lovers of large dogs and larger dreams









Chapter 1



Cracckk!

"Down!" Down! At the sound of the ancient slug-thrower, I dropped
flat onto the squashed soyl plants at the edge of the field. The
illegal crops—soyl and caak—were mostly shielded by the taller
overgrowth of what had once been part of a rain forest. My three
companies were spread along nearly a kay from north to south so
that the illegals didn't get past. CI wanted a bunch for interrogation.
Somewhere to the west of us was the Berbice River, but that didn't