Duplicity (27 page)

As a freshman at the University of Colorado,
N. K. TRAVER
decided to pursue Information Technology because classmates said “no one could make a living” with an English degree. It wasn't too many years later that Traver realized it didn't matter what the job paid—nothing would ever be as fulfilling as writing. Programmer by day, writer by night, it was only a matter of time before the two overlapped.
Duplicity
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CONTENTS

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

1. Seven Years Bad Luck

2. “Other” Brandon

3. First I'm Going to Fix You

4. Taco Hell

5. Something's Different

6. That Stuff's Permanent

7. Yes, I Need It for Class

8. Then Let's Trade

9. Opposite Day

10. I Am
Not
Slow

11. The Kid in the Fedora

12. Jekyll and Hyde

13. Wired x505

14. Can You Hear Me Now?

15. Things That Might Mean I Need Therapy

16. What Does This Button Do?

17. Collateral Damage

18. Wait, Who's the Bad Guy?

19. The Day I Became a Criminal Mastermind

20. Good-bye Presents

21. Reasons Why I'm Going to Hell

22. Then Let's Trade, Part II

23. Vivien Meng Needs Help

25. There Is No Chapter 24

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Copyright

 

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.

 

 

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DUPLICITY
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

 

Traver, N. K.

    Duplicity / N.K. Traver.

           p. cm.

    ISBN 978-1-250-05914-7 (hardcover)

    ISBN 978-1-4668-6372-9 (e-book)

   1.  Science fiction.   2.  Hackers—Fiction.   3.  Conduct of life—Fiction.   4.  Identity—Fiction.   5.  Cloning—Fiction.   6.  Love—Fiction.   I.  Title.

 

    PZ7.1.T73Du 2015

    [Fic]—dc23                                                    2014034092

 

e-ISBN 9781466863729

 

First Edition: March 2015