The Perseids and Other Stories
The Chronoliths
Blind Lake
Spin
Axis
Julian Comstock
Mysterium
Vortex
Burning Paradise
The Affinities
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
I. A House on a Winter Night
Epigraph
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
II. A Theory of Everyone
Epigraphs
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
III. Tranche Warfare
Epigraphs
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Epilogue
Author’s Note
About the Author
By Robert Charles Wilson from Tom Doherty Associates
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.
THE AFFINITIES
Copyright © 2015 by Robert Charles Wilson
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ISBN 978-0-7653-3262-2 (hardcover)
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First Edition: April 2015