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Gavin Mills

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Springs, South Africa

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Fantasy, Thriller, Suspense

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Gavin Mills was born in the little town of Springs in South Africa where he attended school at St Brendan’s Christian Brother’s College. After school he had no clear idea what he wanted to do with his life. Engineering sounded good, so he applied and was accepted by the University of the Witwatersrand to study Chemical Engineering. When that didn’t work out, he did two years military service becoming a 2nd lieutenant and serving as transport officer for 52 Battalion out of Ogongo in Namibia in the late ‘70s.

Coming out of the army, he went into computers as a programmer and later a systems analyst before giving up corporate to become a professional dancer, performing first in SA and later in London, Paris, Spain and Portugal - some of the hi ...more

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	Dup Departs: A Time to Go 4.65 avg rating — 17 ratings — 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
	Seed of Reason (Book 2: The Purity Series) 4.17 avg rating — 6 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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	A New Order (Book 1: The Purity Series) 4.50 avg rating — 2 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
	The Easter Bwummers 4.50 avg rating — 2 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
	View From a Cocoon Looking In it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	Euro 2016: A Personal View by Jon Arnold (Goodreads Author), Gavin Mills (Goodreads Author), Michael S. Collins (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2017 — 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
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Arelaz the Warlord has arrived at Horizen for the launch of Rezden's New Order. The New Order was given the go ahead for the dream by Arelaz. Now he has misgivings.

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“Opinion is often compromised in the face of fear.”
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“I am often amused and sometimes amazed by the free-reign constructs of my mind. That is why I converse regularly with myself - I am one of my better friends...”
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“Sometimes just looking and listening speaks so much louder than words.”
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“The day you decide you know all you should or could is the day you start dying.”
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“The less you rely on smoke and mirrors, the less you'll need to put out fires.”
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“Opinion is often compromised in the face of fear.”
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“When there is nothing left to love for, it's easy to die for something.”
― Gavin Mills, Seed of Reason

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“What differentiates brother most from brother and beast is neither purpose, perspective nor prowess. It is simply intent.”
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