THE STRANDED ONES

Jay B. Gaskill

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Copyright © 2009 Jay B. Gaskill

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The Stranded Ones

ISBN 978-1-926760-15-5

Published in Canada with international distribution.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

Cover design: Christopher Bradford

For

Robyn, my favorite librarian, for putting up with the distractions of a lawyer-writer husband and helping me tighten the narrative;

Michael Crichton, for his scientific curiosity and our conversations about science and fiction at a certain wedding long ago;