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Josh Mendoza is an award-winning filmmaker known for his post-apocalyptic feature film, What Still Remains, and his genre-bending debut novel, Shadow of the Eternal Watcher. He received a BA in English and Creative Writing from Stanford University and earned an MFA in Film and Television Production from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. He has since split his time between the City of Angels and the deserts of Arizona with his wife and two children.

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Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

by Pierce Brown (Goodreads Author)

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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

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The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)

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