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When not practicing hobbies which include sailing, constructing medieval armor, and swinging swords at his friends, Kevin McLaughlin can usually be found in his Boston home. Kevin’s award-winning short fiction is now available in digital form at all major ebook retailers. He writes fantasy in settings both historical and contemporary, and science fiction in both the near and distant future.

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Flames of War (Satori 13) Chapter 1

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General Hereford grunted under the heavy acceleration. It drove him back into his seat and made each drawn breath a little harder than he’d like. Maybe he really was too old for this sort of thing. Maybe he ought to just retire and let younger minds and bodies take the lead. But no, not yet anyway. Recent events had shown him that now more than ever the world needed every old warrior to r

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	Steel Dragon (Steel Dragons [Original] #1) by Kevin O. McLaughlin (Goodreads Author), Michael Anderle (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 2,003 ratings — 7 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
	Dragon's Daughter Complete Series Omnibus by Kevin O. McLaughlin (Goodreads Author), Michael Anderle (Goodreads Author) 4.66 avg rating — 907 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
	The Steel Dragon 2 (Steel Dragons [Original] #2) by Kevin O. McLaughlin (Goodreads Author), Michael Anderle (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 872 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
	Embers of War (Adventures of the Starship Satori, #8) 4.55 avg rating — 815 ratings — 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
	Ad Astra (Adventures of the Starship Satori, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 855 ratings — published 2013 — 8 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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	Discovering Power (Realms of Power and Fury #1) by Kevin O. McLaughlin (Goodreads Author), Michael Anderle (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 779 ratings — published 2022 — 7 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
	Never a Dragon (Dragon’s Daughter #1) by Kevin O. McLaughlin (Goodreads Author), Michael Anderle (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 710 ratings — published 2020 — 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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“it’s simply part of how people are. A person might follow the rules, but people never do.”
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“Don’t beat yourself up over what you couldn’t have known.”
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“he was an odd conversationalist. The rumor was that he talked so much to his plants, he didn’t have any chatting left for people.”
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“There is zero chance you’ll get anywhere if you allow yourself to become paralyzed by soft excuses and countless reasons why you’ll never get to where you want to be.”
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“That’s the genius of the 64/4 rule! Applying the 80/20 rule to the top 20% yields 4% (20% × 20% = 4%). In other words, 4% of inputs produce 64% of results (80% × 80% = 64%). This is the 64/4 rule. The 64/4 rule is exciting, because it means that you can leverage a mere 4% of your time, team, or budget to produce massive results—more than half, or 64%. The million-dollar question is—what’s in that top 4%?”
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