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The Dead Mans Hand
Title: Dead Man’s Hand Act I: The Concrete Bottom (Chapters 1–7) Chapter 1: The Unwanted Son Fifteen-year-old Chris Dozier sits on the curb with a single trash bag of belongings. His parents, emotionally bankrupt and heavily neglectful,…
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…But it also represented the greatest danger he had yet faced. The illusion of Marcus Thorne was about to be tested, and Chris knew, with a chilling certainty, that the ghost of Chris Dozier might be the only one capable of ensuring its survival. He would have to be more than just Marcus Thorne; he would have to become the master of his own carefully constructed lie, a lie that was rapidly becoming his only reality. The climb had been steep, but the fall, he suspected, would be catastrophic. He took a deep breath, the recycled office air doing little to calm his racing heart. The game had just changed, and he had to play to win, no matter the cost.