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Robert Lautner
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Of the Flesh: 18 Stories of Modern Horror
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2024
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Quint
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2024
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5 editions
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Road to Reckoning
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2014
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18 editions
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The Draughtsman
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2016
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THE DRAUGHTSMAN
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The Road to Reckoning
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Road to Reckoning: A Novel
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[ ROAD TO RECKONING ] by ROBERT LAUTNER ( Author ) [ Jan- 30-2014 ] [ Hardback ]
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Oh Kindle, how we love thee.
I had a flu virus in January. It knocked me out for most of the New Year. To be honest I’ve only ever had the OG flu once in my 20’s and, if you’ve had it, you know that death is actually more preferable but this was pretty bad. Consequence was, for this year, I kind of missed my publication of the paperback version of my novel Quint for Jan 16th.
However I’m overjoyed to say that, by the Gods, the
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"Captain Quint of the Orca was a major character in both Peter Benchley's novel, Jaws, and the subsequent world-breaking movie based to at least some degree on the book (more cello, less cuckoldry, that's all I want to say about that).
The character hi" Read more of this review » |
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"“Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies”
What a great start to my 2026 reading. As a fan of the original movie (not the book, I thought the book was terrible), I was naturally drawn to a re-imagining of one of the main characters, Quint. This no" Read more of this review » |
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"Very entertaining book, better than the actual novel Jaws, though it takes quite a bit of suspension of disbelief to go along with the idea that Quint would write a book. And not just a book but one with a somewhat complex narrative jumping back and "
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“I, to this day, hold to only one truth: if a man chooses to carry a gun he will get shot. My father agreed to carry twelve.”
― Road to Reckoning
― Road to Reckoning
“When a man is on the road to power he buys everyone a drink. Once elected he tries to close the saloons.”
― Road to Reckoning
― Road to Reckoning
“There might, after all, be a grizzled old man with fire in his fists on the road.”
― Road to Reckoning
― Road to Reckoning
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“There might, after all, be a grizzled old man with fire in his fists on the road.”
― Road to Reckoning
― Road to Reckoning
“When a man is on the road to power he buys everyone a drink. Once elected he tries to close the saloons.”
― Road to Reckoning
― Road to Reckoning
“I, to this day, hold to only one truth: if a man chooses to carry a gun he will get shot. My father agreed to carry twelve.”
― Road to Reckoning
― Road to Reckoning
“Yes, I'm old," Henry said, and folded his arms. "Old enough to have made cemeteries of men younger than you. Killed in wars. Killed in peace. Knifed and shot my way most of my life. Killed Indians and white men with my hands or the guns I took from them."
Another step, his arms unfolded.
"I get paid to bring in escaped men that have done worse."
One more foot.
"And there is nothing in you that don't stand thin against me, and you know it. And this ain't the forst time I've had guns against me and you know that too."
He looked at them all, weighed them all.
"And I'm done talking.”
― Road to Reckoning
Another step, his arms unfolded.
"I get paid to bring in escaped men that have done worse."
One more foot.
"And there is nothing in you that don't stand thin against me, and you know it. And this ain't the forst time I've had guns against me and you know that too."
He looked at them all, weighed them all.
"And I'm done talking.”
― Road to Reckoning
