The Distant Machine

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Chapter One Do you know what it sounds like when a gear slips? Bilal Qureshi knew. It was a dry, wooden click, followed by a low, grinding hum that seemed to come from the floorboards themselves. He sat at the kitchen table, the linoleum peeling at the corners where the damp from the valley air had worked its way in, and he stared at the ledger. The pages were thick, cream-colored, and smelled...

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