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Claire, Peter, and Noah are running for their lives.

Three months ago, Claire and Peter were student journalists and bloggers for Carver, a left-wing blog documenting corporate greed and government collaboration. Noah was one of the thousands of researchers working in the R&D division of Dayton Pharmaceutical.

Noah been studying the metagene,

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Peter hangs up his cell phone. “Well, call went through. We'll have to get out of this place - fast.”

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Claire runs her hands through her dark hair. “And where are we headed next?”

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“There's another safe house in San Francisco. We're going there until the conference. That's when we pull it all out and go public with everything. Not even Dayton is likely to lay waste to a packed conference at the Opera House. Would take more money than even he has to cover something like that up.”

Peter is already grabbing his duffel bag, readying for another run.

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“At this point,” Noah says with a sigh. “I'd almost want to throw myself on a gun. I lost everything to Dayton. My reputation is ruined, my career's over, Helen bought it all and served me divorce papers. Heads, he wins. Tails, I lose.”

This sends Peter's temper into overdrive. “Damn you, you are NOT quitting. You want Dayton to keep torturing people while your colleagues look the other way or act complicit? You want every human being on earth to get their DNA turned inside out? We put our necks and everything else on the line for you.”