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Sneak Peek: Awakened

Sneak Peek: Awakened

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Joshua James
Apr 20, 2023
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Prologue

Nevada, 2067

Dr. Paul McCutcheon hadn’t believed in aliens. Sure, in the abstract sense, he had known that there were almost certainly other life forms out there in the universe. Cells, perhaps. Amoebas. Hyperthermophiles. But when people said that word, aliens, they weren’t thinking of microbes. They meant Little Green Men or dark-eyed bobble-he…

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