The Long Forever. Eugene Lambert

The Long Forever - Eugene Lambert


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      First published in Great Britain in 2018 by Electric Monkey,

      an imprint of Egmont UK Limited

      The Yellow Building, 1 Nicholas Road, London W11 4AN

      Text copyright © 2018 Eugene Lambert

      The moral rights of the author have been asserted

      First e-book edition 2018

      ISBN 978 1 4052 7737 2

      Ebook ISBN 978 1 7803 1697 0

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      To Paddy and Maureen,

      to Kyle and Sky,

      to my wonderful readers,

      and last but not least,

      to all my fellow identical twins.

      Also available in the trilogy

      THE SIGN OF ONE

      INTO THE NO-ZONE

      CONTENTS

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       Front series promotional page

       9: CHASING THE DEAL

       10: SO CLOSE, SO FAR

       PART TWO: TEMPTATION

       11: MAROONED

       12: SURVIVAL

       13: OPPORTUNITY

       14: KYLE AS RINGER

       15: IN THE CAGE

       16: ROCK AND A HARD PLACE

       17: ONE LAST FIGHT

       18: AN UNEXPECTED OFFER

       19: INITIATION

       20: A LUCKY BREAK . . . OR NOT

       21: BUST UPS, BUZZING SKULLS

       22: MARAUDERS AND SCREAMERS

       23: A HARD DOCKING

       24: A HARDER CONVERSATION

       25: THE PLEASURE ZONE

       26: A WALK AND A TALK

       27: SOME NASTY SURPRISES

       28: TIME TO CHOOSE

       PART THREE: REDEMPTION

       29: SUCKING ON EMPTY

       30: TELLING AND SHOWING

       31: RETURN TO THE ARK

       32: FROM BAD TO WORSE

       33: HARD NEWS ALL AROUND

       34: HANGING OR BAIT

       35: SUICIDE SQUAD

       36: THE BAIT IS TAKEN

       37: TRAPS, TWISTS AND TURNS

       38: A FINAL BETRAYAL

       39: FROM DARKNESS INTO LIGHT

       EPILOGUE: SIX STANDARD-MONTHS LATER

       Back series promotional page

       EVASION

       FEELING GRIM

      ‘Is your friend no better?’ one of the other prisoners asks.

      ‘What’s it look like?’ I say, real short.

      I shouldn’t be bad-tempered. The girl was just asking. But Sky’s getting sicker so fast she’s scaring me. That, and I’m lightheaded with hunger and choking with thirst. My skin is sore too, horribly prickly, almost as if it’s trying to crawl off. It’s like that healing itch us nubloods get when we’re recovering from an injury, only loads worse.

      Which is weird, because I’m not injured.

      A dozen kids are stuck in this caged-off part of the star freighter’s hold with us. All idents, nubloods like myself. They’ve got the skin-crawling thing too, but you’d hardly


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