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Lyn Benedict


Born
Miami, Florida, The United States

Pseudonym of Lane Robins. ...more

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Average rating: 3.54 · 1,881 ratings · 183 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors
Sins & Shadows (Shadows Inq...
3.36 avg rating — 1,055 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions
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Sins & Shadows Ghosts & Echoes Gods & Monsters Lies & Omens
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“Never underestimate the will of a creature who begins to die at birth.”
― Lyn Benedict, Sins & Shadows
tags: death, will
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“You think I'm a part of the Magicus Mundi?"
"You are telling me you're not? That being the new Lilith means nothing? That it's a human thing?"
"It's the quintessential human thing," Sylvie said. "The ability to say fuck you.”
― Lyn Benedict, Gods & Monsters
tags: sylvie-lightner
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“Grocery shopping is so passe,' she said. I'm a modern woman. I dine out.”
― Lyn Benedict, Ghosts & Echoes
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