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George is Currently Reading

George Siehl is currently reading

The 14th Colony (Cotton Malone, #11)

by Steve Berry (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: fiction, government, history-american, intelligence, military, owned, international-relations, currently-reading

read in January 2025

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George Siehl said: " I love it when a thriller plot element seems relevant to a current news topic. Steve Berry's 2016 novel The 14th Colony does just that. The 14th Colony means Canada and the inclusion in America's Articles of Confederation. There, the Founders held ou ...more "

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Feb 24, 2025 08:06PM · see review

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