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    Doppelganger
    Doppelganger
    Doppelganger
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    Doppelganger

    By Michael Kingswood

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    Someone replaced a little girl with an android made to be an exact duplicate of her.

    Detectives Ben Mulkahie and Devin Abrams have to find out who did it, and why, before other kids suffer the same fate.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSSN Storytelling
    Release dateAug 5, 2019
    ISBN9781393374879
    Doppelganger
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    Michael Kingswood

    Michael Kingswood has written numerous science fiction and fantasy stories, including The Pericles Conspiracy, The Glimmer Vale Chronicles, and the Dawn of Enlightenment series. His interest in scifi/fantasy came at an early age: he first saw Star Wars in the theater when he was three and grew up on Star Trek in syndication. The Hobbit was among the first books he recalls reading. Recognizing with sadness that the odds of his making it into outer space were relatively slim, after completing his bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from Boston University, he did the next best thing - he entered the US Navy as a submarine officer. Almost seventeen years later, he continues to serve on active duty and has earned graduation degrees in Engineering Management and Business Administration. Fitting with his service onboard Fast Attack submarines (SSNs), he does his writing on Saturdays, Sundays, and at Night. He is married to a lovely lady from Maine. They have four children, and live wherever the Navy deems to send them. Sign up to receive email announcements of Michael's new releases and other exclusive deals for newsletter subscribers here: http://eepurl.com/eND22 .

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      Doppelganger - Michael Kingswood

      Doppelganger

      Doppelganger

      Michael Kingswood

      SSN Storytelling

      Contents

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      Doppelganger

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      About This Book

      Someone replaced a little girl with an android made to be an exact duplicate of her.

      Detectives Ben Mulkahie and Devin Abrams have to find out who did it, and why, before other kids suffer the same fate.

      Enjoy the book! After you’re done, please sign up for Michael’s mailing list. Guaranteed to be spam free, he uses it to announce new releases and special promotions for his fans.

      Doppelganger

      The ER waiting room could have been transplanted from any hospital anywhere.

      Incoming patients sitting in various stages of boredom on cheap chairs surrounding vidscreens as they waited to be called back to triage. Obviously worried families huddling together, looking over at the orderly’s station every few seconds as though willing some news to appear from magic. Triage nurses, with harried looks about their eyes, processing the seemingly endless flow of people. And the orderly holding court behind her counter, a bored and slightly irritated expression on her face.

      A chubby man in jeans and a t-shirt turned away from the orderly station as Ben and Devin approached and maneuvered with an obvious limp to a nearby chair, where he settled down with a half-groan to wait.

      The orderly watched him depart for a second before turning disinterested eyes on them. How can I help you?

      Ben fished his badge out of the inner pocket of his overcoat. Detective Sergeant Mulkahie and, he nodded at Devin, who had produced his badge as well, Detective Abrams.

      The orderly’s expression immediately changed, becoming guarded, almost worried. She swallowed and glanced away from them toward the rear corner of the waiting room. Of course. She tapped a data pad on her workstation and looked down toward the screen. Speaking softly, she said, The police are here.

      A brief pause, then she nodded and looked back up at them. One moment, Detectives.

      Thank you.

      Ben moved away from the counter. He looked over toward where the orderly had glanced, and saw a couple in their early thirties, well-to-do from their clothes, sitting alone and holding each other close as though afraid something would

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