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    Breakaway
    Breakaway
    Breakaway
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    Breakaway

    By Bryan Murphy

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    The near future. An independent, racist state, carved out of northern Italy. Economic meltdown. A slide into bloody chaos. A man with a mission: to save the two children of his closest friends. At what risk? At what price? Will it be enough? And who is the mysterious female go-between with the sensuous lips and steely eyes? Introducing Daria Rigoletti, the contract killer desperate to renounce violence in "Goodbye, Padania", to which "Breakaway" is the prequel. Dark Future, good reading. Choose your format and click to download and read now.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBryan Murphy
    Release dateJun 17, 2013
    ISBN9781301679201
    Breakaway
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    Bryan Murphy

    Bryan Murphy is a writer from Kent, England. He has lived and worked in Africa, Asia and Europe. Bryan recently retired from a job as a translator and editor within the United Nations system, and now concentrates on his own words. He divides his time among England, Portugal, the wider world and cyberspace.

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      Breakaway - Bryan Murphy

      Breakaway

      Bryan Murphy

      Copyright 2013 Bryan Murphy

      Dark Future Books

      Cover by Mao Qing

      Smashwords Edition

      This book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to persons, living or dead, places or events is purely coincidental. The characters are products of the author’s imagination.

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      Thank you for downloading this free e-book. You are welcome to share it with your friends. This book may be reproduced, copied and distributed for non-commercial purposes, provided the book remains in its complete original form. Thank you for your support.

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      Breakaway

      Turin, Republic of Padania, 11 August 2032.

      The frames of the French window squalled like a baby as the handle turned. I pushed it gently. It opened without further complaint. Nothing stirred in the street below or behind the windows opposite. I stepped on to the small balcony now bare of

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