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Name: The dispatcher
Rating: 4 (1 reviews)
Author: John Scalzi

A strange phenomenon turns the impossible act of murder into an abnormal, almost universal undoing: victims who are intentionally killed reappear. The world of war, crime, and everyday life alters as the dead return. Licensed dispatcher Tony Valdez is among a handful of professionals who channel beings in death’s crosshairs toward second chances. When a fellow dispatcher and former friend disappears, Valdez urges urgent action, discovering that some threats exceed the fear of death itself and that vengeance may drive people to extreme measures. With time running out, he must find his friend before the forces that deviate from natural order eliminate the chance for even a dispatcher to save him.

First publish date: 2017

Genre: Speculative Fiction/Speculative Fiction

Authors: John Scalzi

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