He grabbed Patsy’s hand and Patsy felt the searing electric charge.
Erskine jerked back and fell on his ass, clutching his hand. “What the hell?”
The peace closed in on Patsy again. He’d held on as long as he could. Now he could embrace it. One final thought arced through his mind like a lone meteorite in a starless sky. The Dat-tay-vao was going to America after all.
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 TOUCH
Copyright © 1986, 2004 by F. Paul Wilson
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