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‘You don’t have to. Offer them your services on your own terms.’

‘What do you think he wants me to do?’

Silhouette took his hand and led him through to the bedroom. ‘Who knows? Guess we’ll find out in the morning. But I know what
I
want you to do right now, and that’s all that should concern you.’

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Alan Baxter is a British–Australian author who writes dark fantasy, horror and sci-fi, rides a motorcycle and loves his dog. He also teaches Kung Fu. As well as novels, he is the author of more than fifty published short stories and has written narratives and dialogue for video games. By day (and night more often than not) Alan is director and chief instructor of the Illawarra Kung Fu Academy. He lives among dairy paddocks on the beautiful south coast of NSW, Australia, with his wife, son, dog and cat. Read extracts from his novels, a novella and short stories at his website —
www.warriorscribe.com
— and find him on Twitter @AlanBaxter and Facebook. Feel free to tell him what you think. About anything.

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Obsidian

Abduction

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First published in Australia in 2014

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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data:

Baxter, Alan, author.

Bound / Alan Baxter.

ISBN: 978 0 7322 9910 1 (pbk)

ISBN: 978 1 4607 0286 4 (epub)

Baxter, Alan. Alex Caine series ; 1.

Combat—Fiction.

Fantasy fiction.

Suspense fiction.

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