The human head is believed to remain in a state of consciousness for one and one-half minutes after decapitation. In a heightened state of emotion, people speak at the rate of 160 words per minute. Inspired by the intersection of these two seemingly unrelated concepts, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
The Severance
โ Scribed by Sawyer, Elliott
- Book ID
- 107576249
- Publisher
- Bridgeworks
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 489 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780981617534
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
The Severance, a tale of intrigue set amid the current Afghanistan war, is the story of a ''rehabilitation platoon'' of U.S. Army misfits who find a corrrupt contractor's cache of dollars, plot to smuggle it home, only to find themselves fighting not only the Taliban but also a deadly unknown foe in their midst intent on highjacking their treasure.
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