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Suddenly a pair of searchlights lanced out from the frigate. They swept across the dark expanse - bright knives slicing the night into pieces.

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Scott Westerfeld
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: May 5
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Dallas
Texas
Scott David Westerfeld
Night
Pair
Knives
Pairs
Bright
Suddenly
Frigate
Across
Slicing
Pieces
Expanse
Dark
Swept

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