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CHAPTER ELEVENThey brought new members to Hammer Reach at the weekends, a handful at a time. Many of them still had jobs; The Programme could not afford to support the sudden influx, needed both the money they could tithe and time to filter them into residence. In the weeks after Anthony’s death, they took in nearly a hundred Acolytes, more than half of whom were initiated within a month. To Cassandra’s delight, some of the new members brought in children: Matthew had always loved The Programme children, treated them as his own; these would be hers. Now that Anthony was gone, she had asked Hannah to bring Tamar and Thomas over as soon as their schools broke up for the holidays. The hierarchy was wary of spies but hungry for new bodies and blood. A couple of risky prospects were kept on ki
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