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The Mace **** This book, in its entirety, is a work of fiction. Any similarity to any person, whether living or dead, is coincidental and wa...

INTRODUCTION

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The exact moment in time The Mace appeared has been lost in antiquity. Eight hundred years ago, it was carried to the battlefields, to serve...

SECTION ONE

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In the last Provincial election of British Columbia, a new party was voted into power with a sweeping mandate. Everyone knew it was more tha...

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Sunday, August 3rd Vancouver, BC “Thanks, Tom. See you in the morning.” Jack Jordan watched as the limousine drove away. His thoughts hadn’t...

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Sunday, August 3rd Victoria, BC High above the water, Gloria looked out over the inner harbour of the city. She watched the sail boats as th...

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Sunday, August 3rd New York City, NY He replaced the phone on its cradle. Ted Underwood generally didn’t ‘pick-up’ but he had quickly reme...

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Tuesday, August 5th Victoria, BC Once again, Ted found himself looking out on the picturesque harbour of Victoria. Yesterday he had been i...

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Wednesday, August 6th Victoria, BC Jack Jordan had been at work a few hours when his staff began trickling in. He’d ignored the phones buz...

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Wednesday, August 6th Washington, D.C. When Ted arrived back at the hotel he went into action; there wasn’t much time to put this together...

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Thursday, August 7th New York City, NY After landing at La Guardia late that afternoon, Ted grabbed an airport limousine and directed the ...

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Thursday, August 7th Dartmouth, NS As part of his everyday routine, Dr. David Heath rolled out of bed, found his glasses on the bedside ta...

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Friday, August 8th Vancouver Island, BC For most of the flight west across Canada, David Heath alternated between making a series of notes o...

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Saturday, August 9th Tofino, BC David woke with a start. It took him a moment to realise he was not home. He blinked at the sunbeams tryin...

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Sunday, August 10th Port Alberni, BC In the morning, David committed himself to his maps. After studying the formations around the island,...

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Monday, August 11th Port Alberni, BC The first thing David did was check his e-mail. The response was finally there and it confirmed what ...

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Tuesday, August 12th On his flight back to Nova Scotia, David watched the flat screen attached to the seat-back. The CBC announcer was descr...

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Wednesday, August 13th Port Alberni, BC Wilma rolled her eyes as she listened to her cousin. Shayna had called her last week to tell her ...

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Friday, August 15th Vancouver, BC Helen Murphy, Western Bureau Chief of the CBC watched the telecast from her Vancouver office. At noon, she...

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Friday, August 15th Port Alberni, BC Once Ted Underwood and Adam Brooks had arrived in Victoria, and settled in, Ted told Adam that he woul...

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Saturday, August 16th Port Alberni, BC There were a number of things eating at Wilma. She had known for some time there was more going on i...

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Saturday, August 16th Dartmouth, NS David was at home preparing full documentation of the soil samples he had brought back from Port Alber...

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Sunday, August 17th Dartmouth, NS At the Institute, David told the security guard that he was expecting a visitor, and asked how many offic...

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Monday, August 18th Port Alberni, BC At the New Moon Café, everyone was watching the television. Debbie had brought out the small set from t...

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Monday, August 18th Port Alberni, BC Wilma asked Debbie to take over for a little while, and went back to her house hoping Adam was still ...

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Tuesday, August 19th Port Alberni, BC Wilma knew he was an early riser so her alarm was set for six, but she didn’t need it. Well before ...

SECTION TWO

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“Tell me the story again, daddy, please?” “Once upon a time there was a little mouse. He lived in a pen with a great big elephant. This wa...

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Wednesday, August 20th Ottawa, Canada CBC Nightly News Hour As part of our continuing coverage on the looming Saskatchewan Referendum, let’s...

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Two nations colonised Canada during the 17th century, setting the stage for the perpetual war between them. After the English beat the Frenc...

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Thursday, August 21st Victoria, BC Gloria wondered why Ted was so quiet that morning. ‘Maybe he’s still worried about Wilma’s ability to blo...