On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 12:07 AM, Richard Aiken <raikenclw@gmail.com> wrote:

ADDITIONAL NOTE: I have a very strange memory . . . all these remembered details, but still no author or title . . .

Ah ha!

John Varley's Thunder and Lighting Series: Red Thunder, Red Lightning, Rolling Thunder & Dark Lightning.

Richard Aiken

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