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MERRIMAN ROADROANOKE.VA 24018  \n□11970642804日  \nTORMENTORof  \nby  \nSTEVEN L.SHREWSBURY  \nPublished Internationally by Lachesis Publishing2221 Millar Road West,RR 4,Spencerville,Ontario,K0E 1X0  \nCopyright ◎2009 Steven L.ShrewsburyExclusive cover 2009 Bob FreemanInside artwork ◎2009 Carole Spencer  \nAll rights reserved.The use of any part of this publicationreproduced,transmitted in any form or by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,orotherwise,without the prior written consent of thepublisher,Lachesis Publishing,is an infringement of thecopyright law.  \nA catalogue record for the print format of this title isavailable from the National Library of CanadaISBN 978-1-897370-67-9  \nA catalogue record for the ebook is available from theNational Library of Canada  \nmultiple ebook formats are available fromwww.lachesispublishing.comISBN 978-1-897370-68-7  \nCredit:Louise Bohmer,editor  \nThis is a work of fiction.Names,characters,places andincidents are either the product of the author'simagination or are used fictitiously,and any resemblanceto any person or persons,living or dead,events orlocales is entirely coincidental.  \nThe concussive wave enveloped Marine JohnKern's entire body as the car bomb exploded.It was likethe sidewalk rose up and slapped him.Only secondsbefore,he’d been gazing in awe at the restored Templeof Marduk's Isthar gate.His ears popped and the worldgrew silent as he became airborne,and then slammedinto the temple's facade.He rolled onto the pavement,ears aching and sounds muffled,while blood from hisnose dribbled into his mouth.  \nJohn drew up his knees and felt the ache of his bodyas a slow burn.He reached for his helmet,but hisfingertips only grazed the spinning cover.His left handgrabbed the side of his throbbing head,and he tried towipe the blood off his mouth.Inadvertently,he sloppedblood from his cropped hair across his teeth.He waspretty certain the back of his head remained intact anddidn’t leak gray matter,then 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