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Striking the Sun

Striking the Sun

Striking the Sun is a novel about endurance

A serialized digital novel and collaborative audiobook following the fragmented lives of a professional cyclist living in the shadow of his childhood best friend, a young journalist stagnating in her position at the UK’s worst newspaper, and a washed-up old broadcaster trying to find new purpose in his life.

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Chapter 01

No Love Left

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Chapter 02

One Man, Alone

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Chapter 03

A Graceful Moment

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Chapter 04

TV4

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Chapter 05

Staring at the Sun

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Chapter 06

Forever Alone Bike Race Man

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Chapter 07

Builder’s Yard

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Chapter 08

G Magazine

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Chapter 09

Provence

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Chapter 10

A New Regime

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Chapter 11

Desperate Measures

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Chapter 12

A Handshake

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Chapter 13

An End to Excess

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Chapter 14

The Strongest Man Alive

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Chapter 15

Dead and Empty

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Chapter 16

Lines in the Sand

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Chapter 17

The Marriage

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Chapter 18

My Shoes Sobbed

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Chapter 19

Familiar Faces

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Interlude

A Family Friendly Edit of the Boys’ Song

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Chapter 20

Guest of Honor

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Chapter 21

Powerful But Not Real

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Chapter 22

Parts Forgotten

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Chapter 23

Silhouettes

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Chapter 24

Stretched

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Chapter 25

Dry Weep

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Chapter 26

Confidence

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Chapter 27

The Contract

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Chapter 28

Team Building

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Chapter 29

The Trick Isn’t to Stop

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Chapter 30

A Fondness

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Chapter 31

Losing Something

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Chapter 32

Seeing Something

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Chapter 33

Open it Up

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Chapter 34

Missing Out

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Chapter 35

Staring at the Stars

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Chapter 36

Sleepwalking

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Chapter 37

A Series of Moments

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Chapter 38

The Interview

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Chapter 39

Making Stories

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Chapter 40

Communist Dialectics

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Chapter 41

The Monster

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Chapter 42

About the Cyclists

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Chapter 43

The Beast on the Ground

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Chapter 44

Coming Soon

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Chapter 45

Coming Soon

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Chapter 46

Coming Soon

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Chapter 47

Coming Soon

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Chapter 48

Coming Soon

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Chapter 49

Coming Soon

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Chapter 50

The End