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“Partnership means she is of equal rank to you, Raven', Obiakor continued...'Don't play games with her.”

Action Games Equal Thriller Agency Partnership

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“But as Max tugged him out the door a different feeling stole over him, something strange, behind the regret, deeper than the mourning. It wasn't until much later that he was able to identify it. Excitment.”

Feelings Action Regret Thriller Excitment

Book:Infected Connection

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“Raven briefly pondered the phrase, "staring down the barrel of a gun". It wasn't really that accurate, he decided. After all, it was too dark to see any features down a barrel, only a black circle at the end of it.”

Action Gun Thriller Staring Agent Stand Off

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“Simon stopped listening. He realised he'd had enough. Enough of the theories, enough of the mystery, enough of the bullshit. Enough of the soldiers and guns and MI5. Enough of bugs in phones and in people he cared about. Enough of not being cared about back. Enough of uncertainty and lies and civilisation, collapsing or not. Enough of is part in it, his place, his role; the character of Simon Parfitt and all the baggage it entailed.”

Action Technology Horror Thriller Bugs Spiders End Of The World Civilisation Soldiers Baggage Fed Up

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“The attack came without warning, in the pre-dawn stillness on the day they were due to leave. A series of solid concussions shook the walls and sent Simon scrambling from his bunk. Max thrust a handgun at him, which he immediately fumbled and dropped.”

War Action Fighting Technology Weapons Army Thriller Battles

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“Max?' he asked. 'Yeah?' '...What are you doing?' 'Shooting people.”

Action Fighting Humour Horror Soldier Thriller Shooting

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“I'm psychologically equipped for this.”

Action Psychology Horror Thriller Coping Dealing With It

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“There had never been a Class A1 event; it had always been a purely theoretical designation. Until now.”

Action Technology Thriller Collapse Paranoia

Book:Connected Infection

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“Well, whatever happened here today...' he said, turning back to Popescu and donning his own sunglasses so he could discreetly cast his gaze over her figure,'...it was only the beginning.”

War Action Fighting Partners Agents Thriller Beginning Sunglasses Take Over

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“Are you a house-wife, Mrs Silvers?' he asked. 'What would you recommend for getting burger relish out of a white shirt?' The seething woman cranked the venom-level of her gaze up to eleven, and Raven smiled pleasantly back.”

Action Humour Agents Thriller Sarcasm Seething

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“Who gave you a gun?' 'The army.' 'Why?' 'That's what the army does, Simon.”

Action Humour Horror Army Thriller Shooting Guns

Book:Infected Connection

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“The military operation swiftly became one of disaster management and damage control, search and rescue.”

Action Military Horror Army Thriller Paranoia

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“On the TV he found cartoons and movies, music videos and game shows, repeat broadcasts and reruns, but there was nothing current, and no news. Many channels were just blank, or displayed brightly coloured test cards.”

Action Technology Thriller Paranoia

Book:Infected Connection

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“Did you consider anything like the Infected?' Simon had asked. 'Not quite. But some of our other contingency plans might help us out with this particular mission.”

Government Action Thriller Conspiracy Paranoia Contingency

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“Fear is quite the anaesthetic”

Action Fear Horror Thriller Anaesthetic

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“He felt like a baked bean in a can, soaring through the air on a downward turn of a parabolic arc...”

Action Fear Humour Flying Thriller Baked Bean

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“Every scrape, site, range and page; every game, download, hack, song, movie and virrie on the Web. Everything on your phone. Everything on your 'puta. Even the content directories of your cupboards. Almost every system has been brute-forced; passwords cracked, firewalls breached. Nothing has been left untouched.”

Action Technology Thriller Paranoia Computers Mobile Phones Hacked Cell Phones

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“Raven scowled at her. 'Fine. But if I accidentally shoot you because my aim is shaky, because I'm too tense, because I wasn't given the chance to relax before going into a potentially very dangerous situation, you'll be happy blaming only yourself?”

Action Danger Blame Agents Thriller Shooting

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“You state here that you believe your daughter, Amy, is no longer with you; that the girl living in your house - who looks and sounds exactly like Amy - is not in fact your daughter. Is this correct? Is this still the case?”

Action Horror Possession Thriller Controlled Paranoia

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“...while the stony bones of the world tore past and the air grew dark and howling. The last thing he saw as the gulley became a torrent of dust and rock was the Jeep, plucked backwards into space.”

Action Darkness Technology Horror Destruction Thriller Apocalypse Jeep

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