A Murder of Crows

Second Book of the Junction Chronicles

David Rotenberg

• Publisher: Scribner
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9781439172650

Decker Roberts is back, and he always knows when you're telling the truth. David Rotenberg first introduced Decker Roberts and his unique gifts in the critically acclaimed thriller The Placebo Effect. Since Decker's last run-in with the NSA, he's been trying to remain off the radar, searching for his estranged son, Seth. Decker's synaesthetic abilities, once a lucrative gift, are increasingly becoming a liability. When a vicious attack wipes out the best and brightest of America's young minds, devastating the country's future, Decker is forced to step out of the shadows and help track down the killer. And as the hunt brings him in contact with other people of "his kind, " Decker begins to realize that there may be depths to his gifts that he had never even imagined. Meanwhile, several parties are secretly tracking the progress of Decker's son, trying to determine if Seth has the same powerful gift as his father. Decker is determined to go to any lengths to find his son, but along the way he will have to face down enemies, both old and new, as well as struggle with whether Seth even wants to be found. David Rotenberg's thrilling sequel to The Placebo Effect is full of suspense and will challenge what you think you know about people who have special "gifts." From rural Africa to downtown Toronto, the paths of Rotenberg's colourful characters intertwine as they move toward a conclusion that none of them can see coming.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Dedication
• Epigraph
• Chapter 1: Thoughts at T Minus 12 Days, 4 Hours and 16 Seconds
• Chapter 2: A Bounty of Gifts—Before
• Chapter 3: A Vagary of Vegas—T Equals 1 Month Plus
• Chapter 4: An Island of Hicks—T Equals 1 Month Plus
• Chapter 5: More Vagaries of Vegas—T Equals 1 Month Plus
• Chapter 6: A Dream of Seth’s—T Equals 1 Month Plus
• Chapter 7: An Approach of Graduations—T Equals 1 Month Plus
• Chapter 8: A Beginning of Betrayals—Eighteen Months Earlier
• Chapter 9: A Friendship of Eddie’s—T Equals 1 Month Plus
• Chapter 10: A Book of Acting—T Equals 1 Month Plus
• Chapter 11: A Searching of Decker—T Equals 1 Month Plus
• Chapter 12: An Advance of African Trips—T Equals 1 Month Plus
• Chapter 13: A Murder of Crows—T Minus 12 Days, 4 Hours and 8 Seconds
• Chapter 14: A Singularity of Turd—T Equals 1 Month Plus
• Chapter 15: A Differential of Town and Gown—T Equals 1 Month Plus
• Chapter 16: An Extremis of Professors—T Equals 1 Month Plus
• Chapter 17: A Void of Caring—T Equals 1 Month Plus
• Chapter 18: A Dream of South Africa and Namibia—T Equals 1 Month Plus to T Minus 21 Days
• Chapter 19: A Crossing of Borders—T Minus 16 Days
• Chapter 20: A Drunkenness of Cops: Garreth Senior—T Minus 16 Days
• Chapter 21: A Plotting of Crazy Eddies—T Minus 16 Days
• Chapter 22: A Tentativeness of Approach—T Minus 14 Days
• Chapter 23: A Crash of Rhinos—T Minus 12 Days
• Chapter 24: A Fury of Blasts—T Minus 12 Days
• Chapter 25: A Collection of Clues—T Minus 12 Days
• Chapter 26: An Interview of a Janitor—T Minus 12 Days
• Chapter 27: A Mass of Media—T Minus 12 Days to T Minus 8 Days
• Chapter 28: A Mélange of Thoughts and Actions—T Minus 8 Days
• Chapter 29: A Glory of Travels in Namibia—T Minus 21 Days to T Minus 7 Days
• Chapter 30: A Solitaire of Moose—T Minus 7 Days
• Chapter 31: A Hill of Ants—T Minus 7 Days
• Chapter 32: A Snippet of an Airplane Conversation—T Minus 7 Days
• Chapter 33: A Privacy of Thoughts—T Minus 6 Days
• Chapter 34: A Confusion of Riddles—T Minus 6 Days
• Chapter 35: A Reading of Minds—T Minus 6 Days
• Chapter 36: A Folder of Files—T Minus 6 Days
• Chapter 37: A Pile of Junk—T Minus 6 Days
• Chapter 38: A Statue of Scrap—T Minus 6 Days
• Chapter 39: A Student Affair—T Minus 6 Days
• Chapter 40: A Smugness of Small Minds—T Minus 6 Days to T Minus 5 Days
• Chapter 41: A Joust of Journals—T Minus 5 Days
• Chapter 42: The Sanctity of Chapel House—T Minus 5 Days
• Chapter 43: A Voyage of Dreams—T Minus 5 Days
• Chapter 44: A Celebration of Ground One Thousand—T Minus 5 Days
• Chapter 45: A World of Wonders—T Minus 4 Days
• Chapter 46: A Tale of Two Pads—T Minus 4 Days
• Chapter 47: A Tale of Two Men—Before
• Chapter 48: A Reality of TV Shows—T Minus 4 Days
• Chapter 49: A Leverage of Promptor—T Minus 3 Days
• Chapter 50: A Bibble of Eddie—T Minus 3 Days
• Chapter 51: A Collision of Library Books and Red Mud—T Minus 3 Days
• Chapter 52: A Mixing of The Grey-Haired Man and Funerals—T Minus 2 Days
• Chapter 53: A Killing of a Supervisor—T Minus 2 Days
• Chapter 54: A Cacophony of Outsiders—T Minus 2 Days
• Chapter 55: A Calling to Order—T Minus 2 Days
• Chapter 56: Scorpions and the Southern Sky—T Minus 2 Days
• Chapter 57: An Agreement of Trade—T Minus 1 Day
• Chapter 58: A Vision from on High—T Minus 1 Day
• Chapter 59: An Arrival of a Lonely Man—T Minus 1 Day
• Chapter 60: Another Agreement of Trade—T Minus 1 Day
• Chapter 61: A Scream of Violas—T Minus 1 Day
• Chapter 62: An Ocean of Grief—T Minus 1 Day
• Chapter 63: A Response to Press—After
• Chapter 64: An Object out of Place—After
• Chapter 65: The Leaving of a Dreamer—After
• Chapter 66: A Paucity of Good-Byes—After
• Chapter 67: A Scheming of Crazy Eddie—After
• Chapter 68: A Meeting of Old Acquaintances—After
• Chapter 69: A Stifle of Mr. Ira Charendoff—After
• Chapter 70: A Mother of Manhunts—After
• Chapter 71: A Reverie of Mr. Walter Jones—After
• Chapter 72: A Solitaire of Ms. Yslan Hicks—After
• Chapter 73: A Wakening of a Leavenworth Convict: Yslan’s Third Gifted Synaesthete—After
• Chapter 74: A Spinning of Ms. Viola Tripping—After
• Chapter 75: A Conspiracy of Mr. Leonard Harrison—After
• Chapter 76: A Dream of Seth Roberts—Beneath
• Chapter 77: A Solitude of Mr. Decker Roberts—Beyond
• Acknowledgments
• About David Rotenberg
• Copyright