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	Elysium Asunder 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	The Night Land: A Classic Dark Fantasy Epic (Annotated) by William Hope Hodgson, Jim Raith (Goodreads Author) (contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
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Mastery

by Robert Greene (Goodreads Author)

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Fortress of Spears (Empire, #3)

by Anthony Riches

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Discourses and Selected Writings

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Jim Raith made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Updating Book Cover for Goodreads Giveaway topic " Hello, I have just launched a Goodreads Giveaway for my book Elysium Asunder and I've noticed that the contest is using my very first cover for it rat ...more "
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Jim Raith rated a book liked it Dune Messiah (Dune #2) by Frank Herbert	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
Decent sequel to Dune, but the plot felt a bit thin for me. The entire story arc was given away in the prologue, but the two twists were nice enough to redeem knowing what was going to happen ahead of time. Paul's arc was really interesting, but I fo ...more
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