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$Refractions (The Guardian C...$	Refractions (The Guardian Cycle #1) 4.02 avg rating — 199 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Inversions (The Guardian Cycle #2) 4.14 avg rating — 49 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
	Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 178, July 2021 by Neil Clarke (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Karen Osborne (Goodreads Author), Grace Chan (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2021	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 Best of MetaStellar Year One by Melody Friedenthal (Editor/Contributor), Marie LeClaire (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Geordie Morse (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 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
	Bullet Points 3 by Nathan W. Toronto (Goodreads Author), Harry Turtledove, M.V. Melcer (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2023 — 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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M.V. Melcer and 1 other person liked Rick Danforth's review of Refractions (The Guardian Cycle #1): $Refractions by M.V. Melcer$ "This was just great. Everything landed. It had some really well planned world building, for both tech and geopolitics. Great characters. Super engaging thriller style plot. Cannot wait for the sequel 👌"
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“Divide et impera,’ Khan says. ‘Divide and conquer. The tactic of choice of dictators and tyrants. Make us so busy pointing fingers at each other that we miss the bigger game.”
― M.V. Melcer, Refractions

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