Modernsoftwaresystemsincreasinglyusecommercial-o?-the-shelf(COTS)so- ware products as building blocks. In some cases, major software systems are assembled with virtually no custom code in the system. The use of COTS software products as components o?ers the promise of rapid delivery to end users, shared development costs with other customers, and an opportunity for expanding mission or business capabilities and performance as improvements are made in the commercial marketplace. Few organizations today can a?ord the resources and time to replicate market-tested capabilities. Yet, the promise...

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The Summoning of Clade Josso: The First Descent into the Vein by J. Dean follows Clade Josso as he embarks on a life changing journey from his home world to the Meridian, a zone between the Seven Worlds, where there exists the legendary Vein, a mystical place housing the Control. Whoever possesses the Control can be granted nearly limitless potential. Clade has his own reasons for wanting the Control, though he finds his destiny holds more than he imagined when three mysterious members of the Sect of the Awakened guide him to his goal. Bent on stopping Clade are the haunted and mysterious...