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  ‘Okay. Coming.’

  Karl quickly hit eject, and removed the warm disc. Reaching for a black felt pen, he scribbled on the disc: ‘one-upmanship’, before slipping the disc inside a protective sleeve.

  He smiled, and then made his way back upstairs.

  About the Author

  Winner of many awards, including the Brian Moore Award for Short Stories, and the Aisling Award for Art and Culture, Sam Millar is the author of highly acclaimed crime novels, several of which have sold internationally. He has also written a bestselling memoir, On the Brinks. His writing has been praised for its ‘fluency and courage of language’ by Jennifer Johnston.

  Also by Sam Millar

  Fiction

  The Darkness of Bones

  Dark Souls

  The Redemption Factory

  Karl Kane novels:

  Bloodstorm

  The Dark Place

  Memoir

  On the Brinks

  Play

  Brothers in Arms

  www.millarcrime.com

  Copyright

  This eBook edition first published 2012 by

  Brandon

  An imprint of The O’Brien Press Ltd

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  First published 2012

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  eBook ISBN: 978-1-84717-534-2

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