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A hellish maelstrom of fury broke as the planes dove—
The rock bordered the sandy beach of the sea and the only evidence of vegetable life in this arid stretch was the mossy slime that had gathered on these rocks.
The sun was strong and hot. It had completed half its trip across the heavens before anything in this desolate area moved . . .
The two men crept cautiously from a
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