Storm Runners

by Parker, T. Jefferson

  Fallbrook got record rains that season. The total rain recorded in our area was 34.89 inches, a place that usually gets 12 inches. My rain gauge stands just a few miles from where Charles Hatfield once had his secret laboratory.

  T. JEFFERSON PARKER

  Fallbrook, California

  August 2006

  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  Thanks to Bill Farrar, who led the band.

  To Sherry Merryman, who sent the secret documents.

  To Susan Gust, who laid down the law.

  To certain individuals who got me into Pelican Bay State Prison and back again—we know who you are.

  About the Author

  T. JEFFERSON PARKER is the author of thirteen previous novels including the New York Times bestseller The Fallen and the Edgar Award–winning novels California Girl and Silent Joe. He lives in Fallbrook, California.

  www.tjeffersonparker.com

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  ALSO BY T. JEFFERSON PARKER

  The Fallen

  California Girl

  Cold Pursuit

  Black Water

  Silent Joe

  Red Light

  The Blue Hour

  Where Serpents Lie

  The Triggerman’s Dance

  Summer of Fear

  Pacific Beat

  Little Saigon

  Laguna Heat

  Credits

  Jacket design by Richard L. Aquan

  Jacket photograph by Digital Zoo/Getty Images

  Copyright

  This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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  Mobipocket Reader February 2007 ISBN 978-0-06-128816-6

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