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    String of Pearls
    String of Pearls
    String of Pearls
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    String of Pearls

    By Eric Kent Edstrom

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    It’s never too late to do something with your life—even in the last hours before the destruction of the Earth.

    As a string of asteroids approaches the earth, Lucas Piper and his wife know they have only hours to live. But when Lucas discovers a beloved neighbor murdered, he decides that vengeance is his last chance to do something that matters.

    This end-of-the-world story first appeared in Fiction River: Visions of the Apocalypse. Eric Kent Edstrom’s trademark dark humor is on full display in this incredible story about justice, love, and meaning.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUndermountain Books LLC
    Release dateFeb 5, 2017
    ISBN9781386436706
    String of Pearls
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    Eric Kent Edstrom

    Eric is the author of over a dozen novels and numerous short stories.

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      String of Pearls - Eric Kent Edstrom

      String of Pearls

      String of Pearls

      Eric Kent Edstrom

      Undermountain Books

      Contents

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Also by Eric Kent Edstrom

      About the Author

      1

      F irst , you put in four or five leaves of kale. You don’t even have to remove the stalks because the Quadra-Blend Ultra just rips right through them on a cellular level. Talk about fiber! Next, put in a whole avocado and two cups of coconut milk, unsweetened, of course. Now, if you really want to boost your immune system, add a whole cup of—

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      Lucas Piper tossed the TV remote onto the frayed burgundy sofa cushion to his right and blew streams of cigarette smoke out his nostrils. Can you believe that? We have less than a day to live, and they’re still playing infomercials for a goddamn blender. Like anybody wants a frickin’ green smoothie now.

      When the rocks arrived in twenty-two hours, the Earth would experience the same fate as a kale stalk in that $500 blender. Twenty-seven rocks, hurled on purpose by nobody-knew-who. Bam-bam-bam-bam. One of them was the size of Pluto. Unstoppable.

      Even an average guy like Lucas

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