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Rapturous Pejoration
Rapturous Pejoration
Rapturous Pejoration
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Rapturous Pejoration

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RAPTUROUS PEJORATION is a hard hitting space opera/ scifi adventure. It is the FIFTH book in the Contact series.

‘Another winner from Freeman, my favorite scifi author. Edge of the seat action meets mind blowing imagination. I would love love LOVE to see this on screen!’ GEORGIA

‘Ace! The pages flew by, this thrilling adventure delivers on all counts. Thought provoking with a ton of intense, fast paced action!’ C. COUSINS

‘So much imagination woven with so much great action and suspense - the cast of great characters keeps growing. Superb entertainment.’ O. HORSFIELD

The United Systems' grip unravels...

Competing civilizations scrabble for advantage as the Saber Cut plummets toward Plash with three precious Scepters on board. The Talmas weighs whether to keep Weaver alive as, in the background, Darkwood advances his mysterious agenda...

Rated [R]. Violence, sex, profanity.

US English. 139,000 words.

About the author. To give his stories a realistic edge, Mike has been bitten by a snake, suffered frost bite, had his wayward yacht sink under him during a force nine gale, held a NATO TOP SECRET security classification and been serially used by a string of beautiful women. He is scared of horses and lives in a sprawling metropolis, where there are none.

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PublisherMike Freeman
Release dateNov 4, 2013
ISBN9781310692215
Rapturous Pejoration
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Mike Freeman

Mike Freeman is an NFL Insider for CBSSports.com. Before that, he was an NFL writer, investigative reporter, and columnist for the New York Times; a columnist for the Florida Times-Union; and a sports reporter, features writer, and investigative writer for the Washington Post, Boston Globe, and Dallas Morning News. He lives in New Jersey.

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