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    The Mason Procedure
    The Mason Procedure
    The Mason Procedure
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    The Mason Procedure

    By Ray Daley

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    A conveyor belt of warm bodies brings a constant stream of eager new young volunteers to fill the dangerous jobs in space.

    Every day is lived on the edge of danger where the slightest slip will find them in harms way.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRay Daley
    Release dateMar 1, 2013
    ISBN9781301373093
    The Mason Procedure
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    Ray Daley

    Ray Daley was born in Coventry & still lives there. He served 6 yrs in the RAF as a clerk & spent most of his time in a Hobbit hole in High Wycombe. He is a published poet & has been writing stories since he was 10. His current dream is to eventually finish the Hitch Hikers fanfic novel he's been writing since 1986.

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