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  Red Sky Dawning

  Book Two of The Mako Saga

  by

  Ian J. Malone

  PUBLISHED BY: Theogony Books

  Copyright © 2020 Ian J. Malone

  All Rights Reserved

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  This book is a work of fiction, and any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or places, events or locales is purely coincidental. The characters are productions of the author’s imagination and used fictitiously.

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  Cover by Elartwyne Estole

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  “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”

  — John 15:13

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  Contents

  Prologue

  Part One

  Chapter 1: Evac

  Chapter 2: Airborne

  Chapter 3: Chance Encounters

  Chapter 4: Homecoming

  Chapter 5: Wedding Bells

  Chapter 6: Identified

  Chapter 7: Reception

  Chapter 8: Dark Horizon

  Chapter 9: Conversations

  Chapter 10: Reality Check

  Chapter 11: Encounter

  Chapter 12: Departure

  Chapter 13: Agenda

  Chapter 14: Olive Branch

  Chapter 15: Conflicted

  Chapter 16: Return

  Chapter 17: Manning-Town

  Chapter 18: Fight Night

  Chapter 19: Deadlock

  Chapter 20: Little Talks

  Part Two

  Chapter 21: Fortunes of the Divine

  Chapter 22: M.I.A.

  Chapter 23: Revealed

  Chapter 24: Allegiance

  Chapter 25: Reliance

  Chapter 26: Grapevine

  Chapter 27: Distracted

  Chapter 28: Engaged

  Chapter 29: Betrayed

  Chapter 30: Fall Out

  Chapter 31: Condemned

  Part Three

  Chapter 32: Delineation

  Chapter 33: Exit Strategy

  Chapter 34: Boarding Call

  Chapter 35: Entrapment

  Chapter 36: Imminent Threat

  Chapter 37: Defenseless

  Chapter 38: Rogue

  Chapter 39: Identified

  Chapter 40: Dead Man’s Play

  Chapter 41: Deceived

  Chapter 42: Recovery

  Chapter 43: Interrogation

  Epilogue

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