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    Prospects
    Prospects
    Prospects
    Ebook22 pages18 minutes

    Prospects

    By Jason Arnett

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    Retirement is not an option.

    Mrak is a man who must work. After more than two decades of service to the Yaiax ambassador, he won't take just any job.He lives on his severance until he is convinced to take an assignment he's been warned against.

    This new job takes Mrak to a distant world where he must confront a spectre of the past and come to terms with the prospects of his future.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJason Arnett
    Release dateApr 27, 2014
    ISBN9781310913808
    Prospects
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    Jason Arnett

    Jason lives in the hills of Kansas and writes on the plains of the fantastic. He made art, music and comics before he took up prose and keeps a day job to pay the bills.

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