Singularity

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Singularity

What if the cataclysmic Tunguska explosion of 1908 was caused, not by a meteor or a comet, but by a microscopic black hole?What if that fantastic object - smaller than an atom, older than the stars, heavier than a mountain - is still down there, orbiting deep inside the earth, slowly consuming the planet?What if only a rookie government agent and an uncannily-insightful consultant stand between a renegade Russian billionaire and his plans to use the black hole to change history - or end it?What if it's all true?For an alternative view of the Tunguska event and to explore the science behind Singularity, visit the Vurdalak Conjecture website.AccoladesWinner of the Gold Medal for Science Fiction in Foreword Magazine's Book of the Year AwardsWinner of the Independent Publishers Association's Ippy prize for Best Fantasy/Science Fiction novel of 2004"Singularity is a swift, gripping novel with a goose-pimple mix

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    ЗСУ підірвали головний логістичний вузол рашистів. Ворог не міг цього передбачити

    Оглядач NV Іван Яковина про зустріч Трампа та Зеленського в Вашингтоні, а також ситуацію на фронті. 

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    Chapter 47: The Last Word

    The Great Singularity Q and A Episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Chapter 46 - Epilogue: The Bridge

    ... Or not. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Chapter 44: Last Row on the Chessboard

    It all comes down to this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Chapter 42: A Stitch in Time

    In which the Omega Sequence lives up to its name. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Chapter 41: The Singularity

    If you could gaze into a naked singularity, what would you see? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Chapter 40: Project Report

    Origins of the Antipode Project revealed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Chapter 39: Descent

    The voyage down to Antipode station is interrupted by an unexpected intruder, and an unanticipated revelation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Chapter 35: Closed Timelike Curve

    What DOES the Shadow KGB want with a naked singularity? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Chapter 34: Spin Doctor

    Global causality violation??? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Chapter 33: Hackers

    So intent is Mycroft upon breaching the barricades of CROM's communications security that he fails to notice he's being hacked himself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Chapter 32: Doomsday Scenario

    What's the worst that could happen? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Chapter 30: Midnight to Dawn

    Warning: SMUT ALERT. (Bad author! Bad!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Chapter 27: Harm's Way

    Jon and Marianna land in New York, to find Arkady Grishin's welcoming committee lying in wait. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Chapter 25: West with the Night

    Marianna still can't seem to come to terms with Knox's weird pattern-matching ability. But, then, neither can Knox. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Chapter 24: Night on the North Atlantic

    "The sea is calm to-night" ... and deathly cold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Chapter 23: Armageddon

    August 3rd, 10:47 p.m. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Chapter 22: Departures

    Their innocents-abroad cover story shredding fast, Knox and Marianna count themselves lucky to catch an unscheduled chopper flight from Rusalka back to the Azores -- until they see that Yuri's coming along for the ride. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Chapter 21: Raise the Titanic

    Down in Rusalka's secret lab, chief scientist Galina Postrelnikova makes final preparations for the culmination of Grishin's mysterious Antipode Project -- tonight! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Chapter 19: Party Animals

    A spur-of-the-moment indiscretion is instantly regretted. A post mortem is conducted in the cold, gray light of dawn. And a midnight dinner in Rusalka's sumptuous banquet hall features a curious bit of scientific legerdemain and an even more curious toast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Chapter 18: Night Moves

    Marianna raids Rusalka's clandestine lab and discovers riddles wrapped in enigmas: a strange undersea base and an even stranger wall-safe. Meanwhile Knox, running interference for her up on bridge deck, inadvertently learns more from a casual conversation than he was supposed to -- if only he could figure out what it was. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Chapter 17: Buy-In

    It's back to business, as Marianna drags a reluctant Knox into a raid on Rusalka's secret lab, while back in DC her boss is planning an assault on a whole different order of magnitude. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Chapter 16: Idyll

    A day aboard the megayacht Rusalka offers every manner of indulgence, from romance and frivolity, to remembrance and regret. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Chapter 14: Hull Number Forty-Seven

    Knox and Marianna's tour of the megayacht Rusalka unexpectedly hands them the key they need to break the Grishin case wide open. As far as Knox can see it's mission accomplished, but Marianna's only getting started, and all the while Rusalka is setting sail ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Chapter 12: The Illusion of Choice

    Marianna manages to extricate Knox from the clutches of Russian State Security in the nick of time. But the rescue comes with strings attached ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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What if the cataclysmic Tunguska explosion of 1908 was caused, not by a meteor or a comet, but by a microscopic black hole?What if that fantastic object - smaller than an atom, older than the stars, heavier than a mountain - is still down there, orbiting deep inside the earth, slowly consuming the planet?What if only a rookie government agent and an uncannily-insightful consultant stand between a renegade Russian billionaire and his plans to use the black hole to change history - or end it?What if it's all true?For an alternative view of the Tunguska event and to explore the science behind Singularity, visit the Vurdalak Conjecture website.AccoladesWinner of the Gold Medal for Science Fiction in Foreword Magazine's Book of the Year AwardsWinner of the Independent Publishers Association's Ippy prize for Best Fantasy/Science Fiction novel of 2004"Singularity is a swift, gripping novel with a goose-pimple mix

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