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    Specimen
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    Specimen

    By Roald Peterson III

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    While out for a walk, Carl encounters two aliens hunting for scientific subjects to study, and they think he's just what they're looking for. Naturally, Carl has some reservations, but he quickly becomes enmeshed in a series of mishaps and mistaken identities as he tries to avoid becoming the next "Specimen".

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRoald Peterson III
    Release dateOct 20, 2013
    ISBN9781301807567
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    Roald Peterson III

    Roald E.Peterson III has loved reading books of all kinds since a very young age. He especially enjoys reading classic science-fiction, and is particularly inspired by the works of Keith Laumer. He lives with his wife and three children.

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      Specimen - Roald Peterson III

      Specimen

      By Roald E. Peterson III

      Copyright 2013 Roald E. Peterson III

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      Carl was just passing the large maple tree at the bend in the path when the humming started.

      That's odd, he thought, looking around for the source. As he did so, the sound grew louder, as from an approaching dynamo. He couldn't see anything in the immediate area that would cause such a sound, and he realized that it didn't seem to come from any particular direction, but was rather an omni-directional droning that suggested that the source surrounded him.

      Hello? he said tentatively, and then more sure, Is anyone there?

      No answer came but he wasn't sure that made him feel any better. Maybe the electric company has put up a new power station, he thought, and it's too small to see, and they turned it on just as I walked by, and... He trailed off, realizing the increasing implausibility of what he was saying.

      Abruptly, there was a bright flash of white light, and a sudden chill to the air. Out of the corner of his eye he

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