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Ben groaned in his sleep.

тАЬI wonder what the general is thinking of?тАЭ James said.
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He had first met Salina in a motel in Indiana, just off the interstate. At first he thought she was a white
woman traveling with a group of blacks. Since he had just come from visiting his brother in Chicago,
where the blacks and whites were preparing to do their best to kill each other off, he thought that odd.

But as one member of the group had blurtedтАФa white-hating memberтАФSalina was a zebra.

тАЬWhat does that mean?тАЭ Ben had later asked her, when they were alone.

тАЬHalf white, half black. Yes, my parents were married,тАЭ she told him.

тАЬI didn't think you wereтАФ"
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тАЬPure coon,тАЭ she interrupted, but with a smile.

In the group were men and women who would later join Ben in the formation of Tri-States. Cecil
Jefferys and his wife, Lila. Jake and his wife, Nora. Clint and Jane. And Ben and Salina would later
marry. Salina, heavy with child, had been killed in the woods of Tri-States, during the last hours of the
fight for survival.

So many had died for the dream.
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Sam Hartline looked like the stereotyped Hollywood mercenary. Six feet, two inches, heavily muscled, a
deep tan, dark brown hair just graying at the temples, cold green eyes, and a scar on his right cheek. He
spoke to the one hundred FBI agents gathered in the old hotel in the deserted Virginia town. He did not
have to speak to his own men; they had heard it all before.

тАЬSo you boys are gonna spearhead the move to kill Ben Raines, eh?тАЭ he grinned. тАЬAnd you're gonna do
it by breaking the civilians who support him, right? Well, you'd all better have strong stomachs.тАЭ Again,
he grinned. тАЬI expect you do. You boys don't look like that bunch that used to make up the Bureau. You
boys look a sight tougher. I'll tell you this: you damn well better be."

He took a sip of water and again looked over the roomful of men. тАЬDealing with male prisoners prior to
the actual interrogation,тАЭ he spoke impersonally. тАЬMan ... the protector of the home; the strong one. The
techniques are diametrically opposite when dealing with the man as opposed to the woman. You must
handle the male roughlyтАФright from the beginning. You assault his male pride, his virility, his manhood,
his penis power. You take the clothes from the man by force and leave him naked before you. A naked
man feels defenseless. He will lose much of his arrogant pride.

тАЬWith a woman it is quite different. Do not use physical force except as a last resort. You order her to
remove her clothing. Youdemand it. Make her disrobe. Thus her dignity has, from the beginning, rotted.