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    A Ballad of Wayward Spectres: Day 1
    A Ballad of Wayward Spectres: Day 1
    A Ballad of Wayward Spectres: Day 1
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    A Ballad of Wayward Spectres: Day 1

    By William B Hill

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    Alyson Reid fled from home at the age of seventeen, and has survived off of the wealthy by stealing their identities, and drying out their bank accounts. After a banking executive is murdered, she inadvertently takes on his wife's identity, and draws the attention of the police and the bank's internal investigation staff.

    A Ballad of Wayward Spectres: Day 1 is the first volume of a four part serial from William Hill.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWilliam B Hill
    Release dateOct 21, 2013
    ISBN9781310873027
    A Ballad of Wayward Spectres: Day 1
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    William B Hill

    William Hill has practiced his craft in the depths of space, in decaying cities, and just outside of the realm of the living. He studied at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, and has since worked on several projects, including a space opera series. You can find him in coffee shops and on the internet. In addition to his fiction work, he writes about video games and records podcasts for Z-Trigger.

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