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	Kaschar's Quarter (The Default King, #1) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — 6 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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	The Masks We Wore: The Anthology by Patrick Tuttle (Editor), Shawn Patrick Cooke (Goodreads Author), David Gowey (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 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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Elmara, Kingdom of Taruschkan ⸻ 5th Awaiting, 678th Year of the Common Reckoning Jakob greeted the dawn of the next Venera’s Day standing before what seemed to be half the Company of the Star, stripped to the waist and shivering slightly in the early morning chill. Arrayed ahead of him were two lines of men, … Continue reading "Enemies of Peace: Chapter Eight" Read more of this blog post »

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