Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman WINTER: Make merry at the

WINTER: Make merry at the Chepstow wassail

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Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman WINTER: Make merry at theThe venomous lumpsucker is the most intelligent fish on the planet. Or maybe it was the most intelligent fish on the planet. Because it might have just gone extinct. Nobody knows. And nobody really cares, either. Except for two people. Mining executive Mark Halyard has a prison cell waiting for him if that fish is gone for good, and biologist Karin Resaint needs it for her own darker purposes. They don't trust each other an inch, but they're left with