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Bruce W. Perry

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I'm a big fan of good stories, and sharing them. I've been reading a lot since I was a towheaded kid, growing up in a small town with a reading and writing tradition called Concord, Massachusetts. Our house was about a half mile from Walden Pond. That didn't make me a better writer by osmosis, but it darn sure made me a reader! I was the kid sitting under a tree, head buried in a book. I read every hardcover and paperback I could get my hands on.

A family friend gave me anthologies of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells when I was in the third grade. They encompassed the first adult narratives and science fiction I had read. They were hardcover, heavy, and I couldn't put them down, until I had to put them down, because they were heavy.

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	To the North by Bruce W. Perry (Goodreads Author), Laura LaRoche (Illustrator) 4.18 avg rating — 172 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fitness for Geeks: Real Science, Great Nutrition, and Good Health 3.09 avg rating — 224 ratings — published 2012 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Devastated Lands: A Post-Apocalyptic Adventure by Bruce W. Perry (Goodreads Author), Laura LaRoche (Illustrator) 4.30 avg rating — 159 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last by Bruce W. Perry (Goodreads Author), Laura LaRoche (Illustrator) 4.16 avg rating — 160 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tsunami Beach (Devastated Lands, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 67 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Caldera (To The North) by Bruce W. Perry (Goodreads Author), Yulia Muchynska Miblart (Illustrator) 4.21 avg rating — 61 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gone On Kauai (Karl Standt #2) 4.05 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zero Country (To The North) by Bruce W. Perry (Goodreads Author), Bruce W. Perry (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 35 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Journey By Fire by Bruce W. Perry (Goodreads Author), Laura LaRoche (Illustrator) 4.20 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Garden Of Love And Peril (The Last Book 2) by Bruce W. Perry (Goodreads Author), Yulia Muchynska (Illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 35 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Ready Or Not, Here Sigma Comes, As A Pre-Order

Sigma is the third novel in the series that begins with The Last.

In the new novel, Bret Hunter is an IT engineer in contemporary Boston who dreams of changing his life. He lives in a cramped apartment with his beautiful, demure girlfriend Eva.

Circumstances arise that all but make their dreams come true, except that they erupt into a nightmarish reversal of fortune. At this point, it hasn't been r Read more of this blog post »

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Karl Standt (3 books)
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Devastated Lands (2 books)
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The Boys in the Island

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Night of Power: The Betrayal of the Middle East

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Swisstory: The Untold, Bloody, and Absolutely Real History of Switzerland

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Macer Gifford's action-packed war memoir describes his combat experiences fighting for an international brigade against ISIS in Syria. Gifford left by all accounts a good job in the City of London, impulsively and fearlessly, with no prior military e ...more
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