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A Choice of Miracles, by James A. Cox
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Title: A Choice of Miracles
Author: James A. Cox
Illustrator: Virgil Finlay
Release Date: August 4, 2008 [EBook #26190]
Language: English
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A Choice Of Miracles
By JAMES A. COX
You're down in the jungle with death staring you in the face. There is nothing left but prayer. So you ask for your life. But wait! Are you sure that's really what you want above all else?
Andy Larson was a hard-headed Swede. He had to be, to be still alive. He hadn't been able to move anything but that hard head for what he estimated to be about three hours since he regained consciousness. And in that time he hadn't heard anything that led him to believe anyone else had survived the crash.
[Illustration: Hurt and helpless, Larson waited for death.]
The only thing Andy Larson had heard was the water and the far-away whine of the patrol ship on its grid track search pattern. It had not reached his area yet, and he wasn't at all excited about his chances of being spotted when it did get nearer. He could turn his head, and he could see the tangled interlacing of tree branche