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A neglected teenage girl connects with an older sectarian woman who reveals a secret that precipitates a devastating series of events.

"e;If you really want to journey into the heart of darkness, you'd be advised to travel with Vancouver writer Keath Fraser, a man of extraordinary talents."e; -Bronwyn DrainieAn icon of Canadian short fiction, Keath Fraser has exerted a wide and trenchant influence since the publication of his first collection Taking Cover in 1982. Damages: Selected Stories 1982-2012 gathers the finest of his work across decades. Combining the craftsmanship of the form's greatest masters with the idiosyncratic voices and music of our contemporary moment, the stories selected here travel from the richly peopled worlds of Fraser's Vancouver to the Gulf of Thailand, a Phnom Penh bone-house embassy, and the Rajasthan desert, and demonstrate remarkable diversity of character and effortless storytelling across a range of modes. Featuring an introduction by John Metcalf, and including the novella "e;Foreign Affairs,"e; called by the Oxford Companion of Canadian Literature "e;one of the masterpieces of Canadian short fiction,"e; Damages showcases Keath Fraser as one of the best and most enduring story writers of the last fifty years.

The Girl Who Reset the 3-D World, our third book in the Reset Series, begins precisely where the second one ended: Renee has done everything to wake up Electra after a chronic medical condition strikes her down, so Renee follows the only viable option: she calls upon Indira the Singularity. Indira shocks the lightning brain into a state that brings her back, but Electra will need help from her network of close friends coming from personal and professional worlds to regain her footing.And they do, but Electra now has an altered point of view caused by the accumulated damage inflicted by enemies found in her 3-D world. Nevertheless, she meets the challenge and extends her geographical reach, bringing new adventures and allies as well as additional enemies.As the action and suspense build to an explosive climax, Electra achieves some successes but also suffers setbacks. Existential threats accompanied by death come calling, but Electra pushes to her asymptotic limits that only Indira might overcome. Electra's final thoughts end the novel:Will this be the end of my extraordinary Odyssey?...Not even Indira knows...The lightning brain will decide what will become of me.