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the given name.
You know, Dalton said, this is extremely odd, but I don t know your given
name. If you ve told me, I ve forgotten.
It s Peter.
So your title would be Lord Peter ?
That s right, old man. But don t feel obligated to use it. I m not one for
puttin on airs.
Dalton eyed him at an angle. Any reason why you re suddenly dropping your
g s?
Am I?
Dalton moved his knight. Check. And, I believe, mate.
Thaxton surveyed the board. So it is. Good game, old man.
Really. Now, usually you get good and mad.
Do I? Sorry. Well, I need a bit of air.
Out on the balcony, Thaxton breathed deeply. The air was cool, fresh,
unpolluted. It was a balmy spring night. The moon bigger and with different
markings than Earth s hung like a beneficent smiling face in the sky. The
castle was spread out below, vast and mysterious in the moonglow.
Leaning against the balustrade, Thaxton laughed into the night.
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In the streets below, traffic was approaching gridlock. It was a typical day
in the big city. Strangely enough, in all the days since he d moved into this
office, he d never bothered to find out what city it was, though it had always
seemed to him that it looked a lot like &
The intercom buzzed.
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Yeah?
Call on line one.
Who?
A man who says he s the Land Surveyor?
Rats. Okay, I ll take it.
He picked up the phone.
Hello? & Yeah, this is the castle & yeah & uh-huh & uh-huh & no. No, I m
sorry. Look & yeah &
yeah & Look, Franz, can you? & Yeah & yeah & yeah & Hold it a minute & Wait,
let me give you some advice.
He glanced down at the hopelessly clogged traffic, then leaned back in the
swivel chair.
Franz? Get a life.
Biography
John DeChancie
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John DeChancie is a popular author of numerous science fiction/fantasy novels
including the hugely entertaining CASTLE series and STARRIGGER trilogy. He
lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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