The Genius Plague

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Published 2017 by Pyr®, an imprint of Prometheus Books

The Genius Plague. Copyright © 2017 by David Walton. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, digital, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or conveyed via the Internet or a website without prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Walton, David, 1975- author.

Title: The genius plague / by David Walton.

Description: Amherst, NY : Pyr, an imprint of Prometheus Books, 2017.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017011549 (print) | LCCN 2017016357 (ebook) | ISBN 9781633883444 (ebook) | ISBN 9781633883437 (paperback)

Subjects: | BISAC: FICTION / Science Fiction / High Tech. | FICTION / Science Fiction / Adventure. | GSAFD: Science fiction.

Classification: LCC PS3623.A454 (ebook) | LCC PS3623.A454 G46 2017 (print) | DDC 813/.6—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017011549

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