Resonance
 You
can't create a world in seven days without cutting corners . . .
and it is very dangerous to notice the flaws in the design
Graham Smith is a 33 year-old office messenger. To the outside
world he’s an obsessive-compulsive mute – weird but harmless. But to
Graham Smith, it’s the world that’s weird. And far from harmless. He
sees things others can’t . . . or won’t. He knows that roads can change
course, people disappear, office blocks migrate across town. All at
night when no one’s looking. The world’s an unstable place, still
growing, sloughing off layers of reality like dead skin. One day you
drive by, and it's changed.
Annalise Mercado hears voices, all from girls calling
themselves Annalise. Sometimes she thinks they’re spirit guides,
sometimes she thinks she’s crazy. But then they start telling her about
Graham Smith and the men who want to kill him. That’s when they meet. So
begins the story of two people whose lives are fragmented across
alternate realities. And how the hold the key to the future of a billion
planets. . . .
About the Author
Chris Dolley was born in Bournemouth, England on September 30th,
1954. Several attempts to educate him were made by staff at Winton and
Moordown, Bournemouth School and, finally, Plymouth Polytechnic. But he
was too fast, graduating at the age of 20 with an honours degree in
Geography. In 1974 he formed the Free Cornish Army, who declared
Cornwall an independent nation. The humor Punch called the affair
a “splendid hoax.” After 13 years as a computer programmer for the Home
Office, he founded Randomberry Games in 1981, probably the first UK
computer game company. In 1995, Chris moved to France, and he and his
wife now live on a farm he has renovated in the Normandy-Maine Regional
Park. In between the plumbing and roofing at his new home, he appeared
in the films Joan of Arc and Sade, though his role in the
former ended up on the cutting room floor (he hopefully awaits the
Director’s Cut). His mystery novel An Unsafe Pair of Hands was
short listed for the Sara Ann Freed Memorial Award for best first
mystery.
Cover art by Allan Pollack
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 Hardcover
This is a work of fiction. All the characters and
events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real
people or incidents is purely coincidental.
First printing, November 2005
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
Printed in the United States of America
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ISBN-10: 1-4165-0912-7
ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-0912-9
Copyright 2005 by Chris Dolley
All rights reserved, including the right to
reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.
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