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    Silver Icon

    By Nick S Nicholas

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    Silver Icon is a short story about a day in the life of a typical American worker at a typical American corporation during a reduction in workforce action. Job elimination, off-shoring, and systemic layoffs to reduce costs are commonplace in today’s workforce. This is the story of Rick, an information technology worker, who experiences this ever-repeating story in America. Live through his eyes as he experiences the sights, sounds, and emotions of a job elimination action by his company.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNick S Nicholas
    Release dateMay 27, 2012
    ISBN9781476329901
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    Nick S Nicholas

    Nick S. Nicholas is the pen name for an author who loves storytelling in video and tabletop role-playing fantasy games. His passion is writing stories involving lore, especially high fantasy, paranormal, supernatural, romance, dark fiction, and sci-fi genres. Sometimes, he writes book reviews on his blog, but he prefers writing a story or book to blogging. He grew up on Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica and Buck Rodgers in the 25 Century, Spider-man, The Avengers, and The X-Men.

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      Silver Icon - Nick S Nicholas

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      By Nick S. Nicholas

      Copyright 2012 Nick S. Nicholas

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      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      This novel is a work of fiction. Any and all characters, events, and places are of the author’s imagination and should not be confused with fact. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or events or places is merely coincidence.

      Cover Art © 2012 Ioana Davies Dreamstime.com and authorized for use under the terms of the Royalty-Free License.

      Dedication

      This book is dedicated to my lovely wife, Kim, and my wonderful children, Olivia and Nicholas, for their love and support of

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