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Bob Blanton has been an avid reader ever since his mother first took him to a library at age five. He has toyed with writing for years since college but was always too busy to start a novel. The "stone series" developed almost by itself as he was trying to sleep on long flights to Asia and Europe. He managed to write it and two follow-on novels while he was working, but never had the time to polish them. After he retired to the beach in Mexico, the only thing that competes with writing is the sound of the ocean and sunsets over the water. Now that he has published his series, he hopes you enjoy reading them as much as he has had writing them. Check back for other books as he continues to ply his new trade.

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	Starship Sakira (Delphi in Space #1) by Bob Blanton (Goodreads Author), Momir Borocki (Illustrator), Ann Clark (Editor) 4.21 avg rating — 4,641 ratings — published 2019 — 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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	Delphi Alliance (Delphi in Space #5) by Bob Blanton (Goodreads Author), Momir Borocki (Illustrator) 4.44 avg rating — 2,752 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
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	Delphi Exploration (Delphi in Space #7) by Bob Blanton (Goodreads Author), Momir Borocki (Illustrator) 4.43 avg rating — 2,404 ratings — 5 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
	Delphi Federation (Delphi in Space #6) by Bob Blanton (Goodreads Author), Momir Borocki (Illustraator) 4.37 avg rating — 2,181 ratings — 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
	Delphi Challenge (Delphi in Space #9) by Bob Blanton (Goodreads Author), Momir Borocki (Illustrator) 4.42 avg rating — 2,128 ratings — 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
	Delphi Colony (Delphi in Space #8) by Bob Blanton (Goodreads Author), Momir Borocki (Illustrator) 4.38 avg rating — 2,132 ratings — 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
	Delphi League (Delphi in Space #10) by Bob Blanton (Goodreads Author), Momir Borocki (Illustrator) 4.40 avg rating — 1,923 ratings — 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

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“Then we have the real criminals.” “Who?” “The super-rich and the politicians.” “Do tell.” “They feel so entitled that when they can’t have their way, they resort to bribery, extortion, and general bullying to get what they want. Most of our politicians start out as ordinary middle-class citizens when they enter office, and twenty years later, most of them are multimillionaires.”
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