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    A Choice of Miracles
    A Choice of Miracles
    A Choice of Miracles
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    A Choice of Miracles

    By Virgil Finlay and James A. Cox

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 25, 2013
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      A Choice of Miracles - Virgil Finlay

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      Title: A Choice of Miracles

      Author: James A. Cox

      Illustrator: Virgil Finlay

      Release Date: August 4, 2008 [EBook #26190]

      Language: English

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      A Choice

      Of Miracles

      By JAMES A. COX

      Andy Larson was a hard-headed Swede. He had to be, to be still alive. He hadn't been able to move anything but that hard head for what he estimated to be about three hours since he regained consciousness. And in that time he hadn't heard anything that led him to believe anyone else had survived the crash.

      Hurt and helpless, Larson waited for death.

      The only thing Andy Larson had heard was the water and the far-away whine of the patrol ship on its grid track search pattern. It had not reached his area yet, and he wasn't at all excited about his chances of being spotted when it did get nearer. He could turn his head, and he could see the tangled interlacing of tree branches and vines above and around him. He remembered, at the first moment of impact, just before the ship began to break apart, a tremendous geyser of mud and water. The picture was indelibly imprinted on his mind. He couldn't see the water now, but he could hear

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