title: Ex-Isle: A Novel (Ex-Heroes)
author:  Peter Clines 
description: Rivetinga zombies-versus-superheroes franchise that seems destined for the big screen.<i>LA Weekly</i> <br /> <i><br />The Avengers</i>meets<i>The Walking Dead</i>with a large order of epic served on the side.Ernest Cline, <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>Ready Player One.</i>
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  # Peter: A Novel of Which He is Not the Hero
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### F. Hopkinson Smith
  
  
  This page copyright © 2002 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  CHAPTER I
  
  
  CHAPTER II
  
  
  CHAPTER III
  
  
  CHAPTER IV
  
  
  CHAPTER V.
  
  
  CHAPTER VI
  
  
  CHAPTER VII
  
  
  CHAPTER VIII
  
  
  CHAPTER IX
  
  
  CHAPTER X
  
  
  CHAPTER XI
  
  
  CHAPTER XII
  
  
  CHAPTER XIII
  
  
  CHAPTER XIV
  
  
  CHAPTER XV
  
  
  CHAPTER XVI
  
  
  CHAPTER XVII
  
  
  CHAPTER XVIII
  
  
  CHAPTER XIX
  
  
  CHAPTER XX
  
  
  CHAPTER XXI
  
  
  CHAPTER XXII
  
  
  CHAPTER XXIII
  
  
  CHAPTER XXIV
  
  
  CHAPTER XXV
  
  
  CHAPTER XXVI
  
  
  CHAPTER XXVII
  
  
  CHAPTER XXVIII
  
  
  CHAPTER XXIX
  
  
  CHAPTER XXX
  
  
  CHAPTER XXXI
  
  
  CHAPTER XXXII
  
  
  CHAPTER XXXIII
  
  
  
  
  
  
      
  
  
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  Robert Rowe, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### CHAPTER I
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
    
  Peter was still poring over his ledger one dark afternoon in
  
  
  December, his bald head glistening like a huge ostrich egg under the
  
  
  flare of the overhead gas jets, when Patrick, the night watchman,