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Dedicated to Robert Bentley for his pragmatism
and encouragementтАФLWE
Dedicated to Prof. Charles Blinderman for his support
and encouragementтАФCP



Chapter One

A siren screamed somewhere on the streets below, then faded, and Casper Beech tried hard not to take
it as an evil omen.

After all, whoneeded evil omens to know he was facing disaster? Any time he got called in to see the
boss, ithad to be bad news. Casper's entire life had been an ongoing demonstration of just how horrible
the alleged Chinese curse, тАЬMay you come to the attention of people in high places,тАЭ could be.

He supposed it had been bad enough even in the old days, before the perpetual Crisis, before
everything, as the propaganda put it, had been made more efficient to meet the economic and geopolitical