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RR Haywood
Chapters (45)
  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Contents
  4. Prologue
  5. 2046
  6. One
  7. Two
  8. Three
  9. Four
  10. Five
  11. Six
  12. Seven
  13. Eight
  14. Nine
  15. Ten
  16. Eleven
  17. Twelve
  18. Thirteen
  19. Fourteen
  20. Fifteen
  21. Sixteen
  22. Seventeen
  23. Eighteen
  24. Nineteen
  25. Twenty
  26. Twenty-One
  27. Twenty-Two
  28. Twenty-Three
  29. Twenty-Four
  30. Twenty-Five
  31. Twenty-Six
  32. Twenty-Seven
  33. Twenty-Eight
  34. Twenty-Nine
  35. Thirty
  36. Thirty-One
  37. Thirty-Two
  38. Thirty-Three
  39. Thirty-Four
  40. Thirty-Five
  41. Thirty-Six
  42. Thirty-Seven
  43. Thirty-Eight
  44. Thirty-Nine
  45. About the Author
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Title Page

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Copyright Page

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, organizations, places, events, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

Text copyright © 2017 RR Haywood

No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without express written permission of the publisher.

Published by 47North, Seattle

Amazon, the Amazon logo, and 47North are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc., or its affiliates.

ISBN-13: 9781503941861

ISBN-10: 1503941868

Cover design by Mark Swan

Contents

Contents

Prologue

2046

One

Two

Three

Four

Five

Six

Seven

Eight

Nine

Ten

Eleven

Twelve

Thirteen

Fourteen

Fifteen

Sixteen

Seventeen

Eighteen

Nineteen

Twenty

Twenty-One

Twenty-Two

Twenty-Three

Twenty-Four

Twenty-Five

Twenty-Six

Twenty-Seven

Twenty-Eight

Twenty-Nine

Thirty

Thirty-One

Thirty-Two

Thirty-Three

Thirty-Four

Thirty-Five

Thirty-Six

Thirty-Seven

Thirty-Eight

Thirty-Nine

About the Author

Prologue

Prologue

By twenty sixty-one the digital age of ownership and possession of almost intangible products is significant, but consumers still want physical goods. They still want to buy physical objects. They go online. Peruse the selections. Make the purchase and let the retailer do the rest.

Those retailers at the forefront of technology use drones and advanced logistical networks run by supercomputers. They excel in taking that product from warehouse to recipient, but as good as they get, they still have to rely on the physical carriage from point A to point B, which takes time, and time is money.

The research those retailers and tech companies invest in is called many different things. No matter the names they use, they are hoping for teleportation and the ability to take an object and move it from manufacturer to customer instantly.

If the technology could be developed for the instantaneous delivery of objects then perhaps, given time, research and understanding, it could also be used for the movement of people. Instantaneous travel.

The problem of course is that teleportation is not possible. It is a thing of fiction, of stories, of imagination. The theoretical science can theorise as much as it wants, but it is not, and nor would it ever be, possible. Everyone knows the dangers of monkeying around with the fundamental laws of nature. Anyone who has ever read popular science fiction knows what can go wrong. So the companies say it is purely research and development theory. They say they are forward planning for a hypothetical future because teleportation is not possible. It is a thing of fiction. It does not exist. It will never exist.