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\u201cPush! Push! Damn it, put your backs into it!\u201d Kino Ye\u2019s voice rose to a panicked screech as the four sweat-drenched soldiers strained against the spokes of the giant winch. \u201cPush!\u201d But one of the spokes snapped as the man leaning against it fell face-first into the sand, and the winch whipped around and tossed the other three men through the air to land sprawling on the beach a few paces away. | Copyright 2014 by Ken Liu. Narrated by Paul Boehmer.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices