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Mari Murdock is a freelance writer, editor, educator, and gamer based in Utah. She is probably best known for her work on Legend of the Five Rings, having written the Scorpion Clan novella Whispers of Shadow and Steel and other L5R fiction. She also has work published by Gallant Knight Games, Outland Entertainment, and Heads and Tails Publishing. When she is not knee-deep in homework for her Master’s thesis on transatlantic modernism, Mari can be found reading old sci fi pulp novels or cooking Japanese food from what’s left over from her grandmother’s pantry. Check out her website at marimurdock.com.

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	Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Core Rulebook by Max Brooke, Katrina Ostrander (Goodreads Author), Marie Brennan (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 107 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
	Legend of the Five Rings: Whispers of Shadow and Steel by Mari Murdock (Goodreads Author), Amélie Hutt (Illustrator) 3.76 avg rating — 117 ratings	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 Great Clans of Rokugan: Legend of the Five Rings: The Collected Novellas, Vol. 1 by Katrina Ostrander (Goodreads Author), Robert Denton III (Goodreads Author), Mari Murdock (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 59 ratings — 7 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
	Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Beginner Game by Max Brooke, Katrina Ostrander (Goodreads Author), Marie Brennan (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 41 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
	Kaiju Rising II: Reign of Monsters (2) by Alana Abbott (Editor), N.X. Sharps (Editor), Robert Hood (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.86 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	First Scroll: Fiction from the Core Set (Legend of the Five Rings, #1) by Katrina Ostrander (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Marie Brennan (Goodreads Author), Robert Denton III (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2018	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 Price of War 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2017	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 Fridge of Unspeakable Horrors: A Eden's Outcast Novella by Mari Murdock (Goodreads Author), Kuta Marler (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings	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
	Los grandes clanes de Rokugan: Antología nº 02 by Mari Murdock (Goodreads Author), Daniel Lovat Clark (Goodreads Author), Daniel Casado Rodríguez (translator) 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	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
	Arcadia: Planetwide Amusement & Recreation Kingdom by Mari Murdock (Goodreads Author), Drew Gerken, Elizabeth Chaipraditkul really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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