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    A Black Tie Affair
    A Black Tie Affair
    A Black Tie Affair
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    A Black Tie Affair

    By Grant Piercy

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    An obsessive android engineer infiltrates a socialite party to be close to his creation. During the party, he finds himself entangled in a game he doesn't entirely understand, and that could find him on the run from the authorities...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGrant Piercy
    Release dateMar 1, 2013
    ISBN9781301522514
    A Black Tie Affair
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    Grant Piercy

    Grant Piercy is the author of THE ERASED SAGA and I AM MERCURY. He lives with his family in Columbus, Ohio.

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