Drought Hawks
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Last published Fri, Feb 26, 2016
In 2015, Regina Carmine was paid to participate in the Resurrection Protocol experiment, signing an agreement that her consciousness could be recreated any time after her death. Two hundred years later, following the discovery of her bones, an anthropologist brings her consciousness back for 200 hours. But what is meant to be a study in a pivotal time of American history, becomes a murder mystery and a lesson in finding peace within oneβs own skin.
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