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    Hypothermia
    Hypothermia
    Hypothermia
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    Hypothermia

    By Gilles Messier

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    The discovery of a young boy’s frozen body at sea forces Werner to confront a dark secret from his past - one that could mean the difference between life and death.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPetra Books
    Release dateNov 9, 2013
    ISBN9781927032169
    Hypothermia
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    Gilles Messier

    Gilles Messier was born in Winnipeg in 1989 and studies aerospace engineering at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. As well as writing, he designs and develops mechanical devices and innovations. He enjoys painting 1930s-style travel posters, and studying history and philosophy.

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      Book preview

      Hypothermia - Gilles Messier

      Smashwords Edition

      ISBN 978-1-927032-16-9 (digital)

      2013

      Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication


      Messier, Gilles, 1989 - [electronic resource] / Gilles Messier.


      First published in the collection Our Own Devices


      PS8626.E7573O97 2012 C813'.6 C2012-907084-X


      © 2012 by Gilles Messier. All rights reserved.

      Petra Books, petrabooks.ca, Ottawa Canada K1S 5P5

      Peter Geldart, designer, managing editor.

      Danielle Aubrey, consulting editor.

      Cover design by Gilles Messier

      petrabooks.ca

      Table of Contents

      Historical and Technical Notes

      Our Own Devices, the book

      About the author

      Hypothermia

      "With purity, holiness and beneficence, I will pass my life and practice my art. Except for the prudent correction of an imminent danger, I will neither treat any patient nor carry out any research on any human being without the valid informed consent of the subject or the appropriate legal protector thereof, understanding that research must have as its purpose the furtherance of the health of that individual. Into whatever patient setting I enter, I will go for the benefit of the sick

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