First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2015
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Source ISBN: 9780007505890
Ebook Edition © MAY 2015 ISBN: 9780007505883
Version: 2015-05-09
For everyone who has come this far.
Just a little further …
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
Robert Frost
We have learned to believe, all of us – is it not so? And since so, do we not see our duty? Yes! And do we not promise to go on to the bitter end?
Abraham Van Helsing
Contents
Six Months Earlier: Zero Hour Plus 2 Days
Chapter 2: Diminished Responsibility
Chapter 4: The Definition of Insanity
Chapter 9: The Faintest Glimmer
Chapter 10: Collateral Damage (I)
Chapter 11: The Enemy of my Enemy
Chapter 14: Strange Bedfellows