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The narrative follows a set of characters entangled in the BioGen facility, high-stakes hearings, and global movement from Los Angeles to international settings. 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The woman before him yammered on.  \n CH012  \nJosh Winkler closed the door to his office and started    \n CH013  \nThe coffin rose into sunlight. It looked the same as…  \n CH014  \nMarty Roberts was sweating by the time he got back…  \n CH015  \nAt sunset, the titanium cube that housed BioGen Research shimmered    \n CH016  \nThe jungle was completely silent. Not a buzzing cicada, not…  \n CH017  \nRick Diehl of BioGen was changing in the locker room…  \n CH018  \nIt was just his way of relaxing, Brad Gordon knew,…  \n CH019  \nMarilee Hunter, the pedantic director of the Long Beach Memorial…  \n CH020  \nFinally!  \n CH021  \nAt the Congressional Biotechnology Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Dr. Robert Bellarmino…  \n CH022  \nIt was a bad day for Marty Roberts, made much…  \n CH023  \nJosh Winkler was staring out his office window that overlooked…  \n CH024  \nBrad Gordon frowned unhappily at the toilet in his jail…  \n CH025  \nHenry Kendall parked in the Long Beach Memorial parking lot,…  \n CH026  \nWe‘re talking submarines,‖ the patent attorney said to Josh Winkler.  \n CH027  \nRick Diehl approached the whole thing like a research project.  \n CH028  \nBail was set at half a million dollars. 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She would spend the…  \n CH045  \nAlex Burnet was in the middle of the most difficult    \n CH046  \nThe lights dimmed smoothly in the plush presentation room at…  \n CH047  \nThere was no moon and no sound, except the booming…  \n CH048  \nJosh.‖ It was his mother, on the phone.  \n CH049  \nGail Bond‘s husband, Richard, the investment banker, often worked late    \n CH050  \nRob Bellarmino smiled reassuringly.―Just ignore the cameras,‖ he said…  \n CH051  \nIt had been raining all day in southern Sumatra. 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