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About the Author
Miles Hudson loves words and ideas.
He’s a physics teacher, surfer, author, hockey player, inventor, backpacker and idler.
Miles was born in Minneapolis but has lived in Durham in northern England for 30 years.
This edition first published in 2018
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© Miles M. Hudson, 2018
The right of Miles M. Hudson to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with Section 77 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. No part of this publication may be copied, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means without the prior permission of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.
This book is a work of fiction and, except in the case of historical fact, any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
ISBN (eBook): 978-1-912618-81-1
ISBN (Paperback): 978-1-912618-80-4
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