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    Always a Way: A Marble Grant Story: Marble Grant
    Always a Way: A Marble Grant Story: Marble Grant
    Always a Way: A Marble Grant Story: Marble Grant
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    Always a Way: A Marble Grant Story: Marble Grant

    By Dean Wesley Smith

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    Marble Grant and her partner Sim stumble on one of the darkest secrets of human nature.

    Can two former superheroes now turned brand new, but very dead, Ghost Agents figure out how to save hundreds of lives in their first large case together?

    And stop the evil at the same time?

    The third story in the growing Marble Grant saga.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWMG Publishing
    Release dateJan 25, 2021
    ISBN9781393715948
    Always a Way: A Marble Grant Story: Marble Grant
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    Dean Wesley Smith

    Considered one of the most prolific writers working in modern fiction, USA TODAY bestselling writer, Dean Wesley Smith published far over a hundred novels in forty years, and hundreds of short stories across many genres. He currently produces novels in four major series, including the time travel Thunder Mountain novels set in the old west, the galaxy-spanning Seeders Universe series, the urban fantasy Ghost of a Chance series, and the superhero series staring Poker Boy. During his career he also wrote a couple dozen Star Trek novels, the only two original Men in Black novels, Spider-Man and X-Men novels, plus novels set in gaming and television worlds.

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      Always a Way - Dean Wesley Smith

      Always A Way

      Always A Way

      A Marble Grant Story

      Dean Wesley Smith

      WMG Publishing, Inc.

      Contents

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Newsletter sign-up

      Also by Dean Wesley Smith

      About the Author

      Copyright Information

      1

      I loved what I called mornings. Actually, my morning was what most people call noon, but I’m far from most people.

      Besides, being dead brought all sorts of privileges.

      Right around noon I usually managed to stumble naked to the kitchen, get a cup of coffee from the pot my wonderful Sim, roommate and partner, had started before she left.

      Every day I would take a sip, sigh heavily, then stagger with the cup back to the bathroom trying my best to not spill anything, even though it would never make a mess for long on the tile since it was ghost coffee.

      By the time I got done in the bathroom and with that first cup of coffee, I was almost human.

      Almost.

      At least I could be talked to safely at that point.

      Since being dead, I had taken to wearing mostly comfortable clothes. Expensive silk blouses, sports bra, jeans that fit my frame, as Sim said, like a stretch glove, and running shoes.

      Sim and I put on our get screwed dresses once

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