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M. K. Martin is a motorcycle-riding, linguistics nerd. A former Army interrogator with a degree in psychology, she uses her unique knowledge and skill set to create smart, gritty stories that give readers a glimpse into the darker corners of the human mind.

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Element 13 – The Road Back

Writers are sadists extraordinaire as any of our characters can attest, so put on your most evil thinking cap, chuckle your most diabolical chuckle, and ominously stroke a house pet.#WritingAdvice #AmWriting
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The Power by Naomi Alderman
"”For a moment he thought of banging on the door, of saying: Please. Help. But the thought of the darkness that might be behind those lit windows kept him from asking. The night was filled with monsters now.”

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"I'd give 3.5 but Goodreads doesn't really do half stars for individual reviews.

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"Okay The Power won the Women’s Baileys prize for fiction in 2017 so I recommended we read this in my bookclub which we will be discussing this week. A good bookclub read? Yes, plenty to talk about.

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This is one of those very rare instances in which the movie is better for a variety of reasons, but mainly because it's more coherent and more 'zoomed out'.

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My best friends for over twenty years.”
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“The knowledge that he had left me with no intent ever to return had come over me in tiny droplets of realization spread over the years. And each droplet of comprehension brought its own small measure of hurt...He had wished me well in finding my own fate to follow, and I never doubted his sincerity. But it had taken me years to accept that his absence in my life was a deliberate finality, an act he had chosen, a thing completed even as some part of my soul still dangled, waiting for his return.”
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“His cracked lips moved.
Beloved.
He couldn't say the word, but I knew it.
And so did his Fool.”
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“There's something stalking us. Off to the side of the road, moving through the forest.'

Kettricken smiled.”
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