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  • The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

    The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 88 ratings
    Who is the Hero of Ages? To end the Final Empire and restore freedom, Vin killed the Lord Ruler. But as a result, the Deepness—the lethal form of the ubiquitous mists—is back, along with increasingly heavy ashfalls and ever more powerful earthquakes. Humanity appears to be doomed...
  • Memories of Ice by Steven Erikson

    Memories of Ice by Steven Erikson

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 47 ratings
    The ravaged continent of Genabackis is a terrifying new empire, the Pannion Domin, that devours all. An uneasy allliance resists: Onearm's army, Whiskeyjack's Bridgeburners and former enemies - forces of Warlord Caladan Brood, Anomander Rake and his Tiste Andii mages, and the Rhivi people of the plains. And the Crippled God intends revenge...
  • Wrath by John Gwynne

    Wrath by John Gwynne

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Events are coming to a climax in the Banished Lands, as the war reaches new heights. King Nathair has taken control of the fortress at Drassil and three of the Seven Treasures are in his possession. And together with Calidus and his ally Queen Rhin, Nathair will do anything to obtain the remaining Treasures. With all seven under his command, he can open a portal to the Otherworld...
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    epic  magic  multi-pov  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • Upheaval by Auryn Hadley

    Upheaval by Auryn Hadley

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    VICTORY IS AT HAND! ALL THEY NEED IS A MIRACLE…The evil Emperor is in our heroine’s sights—all she needs now is a military and cultural miracle...
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    epic  magic  multi-pov  war  action-adventure  adult  aliens  alpha-mc
  • Dissent by Auryn Hadley

    Dissent by Auryn Hadley

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    HER MIND IS MORPHING BY THE MINUTE…PREPARE TO HAVE YOURS BLOWN! Cancel your lunch and dinner dates, and clear out your inbox at work before picking up DISSENT, the SEVENTH installment of the action-packed sci-fi fantasy series, Rise Of The Iliri! Because this is the truth: This epic series, spellbinding from the first, only becomes more powerfully enthralling with each adventure...
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    dystopia  epic  magic  multi-pov  war  action-adventure  adult  aliens
  • Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo

    Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 68 ratings
    The Grishaverse will be coming to Netflix soon with Shadow and Bone, an original series!The wolves are circling and a young king will face his greatest challenge in the explosive finale of the instant #1 New York Times-bestselling King of Scars Duology.The Demon King...
  • Havoc by Auryn Hadley

    Havoc by Auryn Hadley

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    HISTORY DECREES SHE MUST DIE—OR LOSE HER MIND The world has waited a long time for the Kaisae—Salryc Luxx, leader of the iliri and commander of the allied forces. Kaisaes before her have died or gone mad. But now that they are so close to finally winning the war and finding peace for her species, either option is unthinkable! She's still needed...
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    epic  magic  multi-pov  war  action-adventure  adult  aliens  alpha-mc
  • The Broken Eye by Brent Weeks

    The Broken Eye by Brent Weeks

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 51 ratings
    As the old gods awaken, the Chromeria is in a race to find its lost Prism, the only man who may be able to stop catastrophe, Gavin Guile. But Gavin's enslaved on a galley, and when he finally escapes, he finds himself in less than friendly hands. Without the ability to draft which has defined him . .
  • Dreams of Kell by Christopher Mitchell

    Dreams of Kell by Christopher Mitchell

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Back where it all began.Living quietly with her young children in Colsbury Castle, Karalyn Holdfast has found peace at last. With the Sextant of the Gods under her control, she is making up for lost time, while keeping a wary eye on events sweeping across the other worlds where members of the Holdfast family live...
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    epic  war  myths  retellings  europe  scandinavia  fantasy  gods
  • Overtaken by K.F. Breene

    Overtaken by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Reunited with her people, Shanti knows that she must make a move in order to finally put her duty to rest. But as always, Xandre is one step ahead of her.For one brief moment when she lets down her guard, Shanti falls into enemy hands. But if Xandre thought she would be a docile prisoner, he was sadly mistaken...
  • The Raptor of the Highlands by Peter Wacht

    The Raptor of the Highlands by Peter Wacht

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Light dances with dark, green fire burns in the night, hopes and dreams follow the wind, to fall in black or white.The prophecy spoke of Thomas Kestrel: outcast, lord, sorcerer, warrior, and perhaps savior of the Kingdoms - if he survives.In The Raptor of the Highlands, the third book in The Sylvan Chronicles, Thomas realizes more fully the devastation of his people...
  • Invasion by K.F. Breene

    Invasion by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    The Hunter was not trained to admit defeat.With the title of Chosen secured, Shanti and Cayan must look to the next steps in ripping back their freedom from the most deadly tyrant in the land. Unfortunately, they aren't the only ones with an agenda.Without mental power to defend themselves, the Westwood Lands are trapped within their own walls...
  • A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir

    A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 72 ratings
    Elias and Laia are running for their lives. After the events of the Fourth Trial, Martial soldiers hunt the two fugitives as they flee the city of Serra and undertake a perilous journey through the heart of the Empire.Laia is determined to break into Kauf—the Empire’s most secure and dangerous prison—to save her brother, who is the key to the Scholars’ survival...
  • An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

    An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 79 ratings
    ▶ Alternative Cover Edition #1 Laia is a slave. Elias is a soldier. Neither is free.   Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear.   It is in this brutal world, inspired by ancient Rome, that Laia lives with her grandparents and older brother...
  • The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized by ErraticErrata

    The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized by ErraticErrata

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The southern half of Callow is in open rebellion against the Empire.As she had a hand in starting that fire, it’s only fitting that Catherine’s own legion is being sent into the fray. The Lone Swordsman and his posse of heroes are out for her head on a pike but her most dangerous enemy might just be on the same side: the Heiress has escalated their rivalry to a new level of deadliness...
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    magic  epic  dystopia  war  fantasy  fiction  young-adult  lgbtq
  • Hero at the Fall by Alwyn Hamilton

    Hero at the Fall by Alwyn Hamilton

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    When gunslinging Amani Al'Hiza escaped her dead-end town, she never imagined she'd join a revolution, let alone lead one. But after the bloodthirsty Sultan of Miraji imprisoned the Rebel Prince Ahmed in the mythical city of Eremot, she doesn't have a choice...
  • A ​Sky Beyond the Storm by Sabaa Tahir

    A ​Sky Beyond the Storm by Sabaa Tahir

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 55 ratings
    Prepare for the jaw-dropping finale of Sabaa Tahir's beloved New York Times bestselling An Ember in the Ashes fantasy series, and discover: Who will survive the storm?Picking up just a few months after A Reaper at the Gates left off...The long-imprisoned jinn are on the attack, wreaking bloody havoc in villages and cities alike...
  • Destroyer of Worlds by Larry Correia

    Destroyer of Worlds by Larry Correia

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    If it's war you want...find here the best of military epic fantasy as the best-selling Saga of the Forgotten Warrior series continues.The Great Extermination has begun.In the Capitol, Grand Inquisitor Omand Vokkan hatches a plot to kill every member of the untouchable caste in all of Lok, down to the last man, woman, and child...
  • The Wheel of Osheim by Mark Lawrence

    The Wheel of Osheim by Mark Lawrence

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    From the international bestselling author of the Broken Empire Trilogy, the thrilling conclusion to the Red Queen’s War... Mark Lawrence’s “epic fantasy” (The Washington Post) continues as a reluctant prince returns from the bowels of Hell to engage in his greatest battle yet—among the living and the dead...
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    dystopia  epic  magic  myths  retellings  war  action-adventure  adult
  • The Call of the Sylvana by Peter Wacht

    The Call of the Sylvana by Peter Wacht

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Light dances with dark, green fire burns in the night, hopes and dreams follow the wind, to fall in black or white.The prophecy spoke of Thomas Kestrel: outcast, lord, sorcerer, warrior, and perhaps savior of the Kingdoms - if he survives...
  • Sea Spell by Jennifer Donnelly

    Sea Spell by Jennifer Donnelly

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    At the end of Dark Tide, Book 3 in the Waterfire Saga, Astrid leaves her mermaid friends to confront her ancestor, Orfeo, the evil force behind the rise of the monster Abbadon. Orfeo possesses one of the six talismans that the merls need in order to keep the monster locked up forever...
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    dystopia  epic  magic  myths  war  action-adventure  audiobook  book
  • Seeds of Rebellion by Brandon Mull

    Seeds of Rebellion by Brandon Mull

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    The second epic installment of Brandon Mull’s #1 New York Times bestselling fantasy series! After the cliffhanger ending of A World Without Heroes, Jason is back in the world he’s always known—yet for all his efforts to get home, he finds himself itching to return to Lyrian...
  • House of Assassins by Larry Correia

    House of Assassins by Larry Correia

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    LARRY CORREIA'S BEST-SELLING EPIC FANTASY SERIES, SAGA OF THE FORGOTTEN WARRIOR, CONTINUES.Ashok Vidal was once a member of the highest caste in all of Lok. As a Protector, he devoted his life to upholding the Law, rooting out those who still practiced the old ways and delivering swift justice with his ancestor blade Angruvadal...
  • Dark Tide by Jennifer Donnelly

    Dark Tide by Jennifer Donnelly

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Once a lost and confused princess, Serafina is now a confident leader of the Black Fin Resistance (BFR). While she works on sabotaging her enemy and enlisting allies for battle, her friends face challenges of their own. Ling is in the hold of Rafe Mfeme's giant trawler, on her way to a prison camp...
  • Glint by Raven Kennedy

    Glint by Raven Kennedy

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    For ten years, I’ve lived in a gilded cage inside King Midas’s golden castle. But one night changed everything.Now I’m here, a prisoner of Fourth Kingdom’s army, and I’m not sure if I’m going to make it out of this in one piece. They’re marching to battle, and I’m the bargaining chip that will either douse the fire or spark a war.At the heart of my fear, my worry, there’s him—Commander Rip...
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    dystopia  epic  magic  multi-pov  myths  retellings  war  abuse
  • The Desert Prince by Peter V. Brett

    The Desert Prince by Peter V. Brett

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A brand-new epic fantasy adventure set in the beloved world of the Demon Cycle, following a new generation of heroes, from New York Times bestselling author Peter V. Brett Fifteen years have passed since the end of the war with demons, creatures of darkness who have hunted the night and plagued humanity since time out of mind...
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    dystopia  epic  magic  war  action-adventure  audiobook  book  dark
  • The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart

    The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Fifth century Britain is a country of chaos and division after the Roman withdrawal. This is the world of young Merlin, the illegitimate child of a South Wales princess who will not reveal to her son his father's true identity. Yet Merlin is an extraordinary child, aware at the earliest age that he possesses a great natural gift - the Sight...
  • A Time of Dread by John Gwynne

    A Time of Dread by John Gwynne

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    A race of warrior angels, the Ben-Elim, once vanquished a mighty demon horde. Now they rule the Banished lands, but their peace is brutally enforced.In the south, hotheaded Riv is desperate to join the Ben-Elim's peacekeeping force, until she unearths a deadly secret.In the west, the giantess Sig investigates demon sightings and discovers signs of an uprising and black magic...
  • The Heart of Betrayal by Mary E. Pearson

    The Heart of Betrayal by Mary E. Pearson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 57 ratings
    Held captive in the barbarian kingdom of Venda, Lia and Rafe have little chance of escape . . . and even less of being together.Desperate to save her life, Lia's erstwhile assassin, Kaden, has told the Vendan Komisar that she has a magical gift, and the Komisar's interest in Lia is greater than either Kaden or Lia foresaw...
  • Endsinger by Jay Kristoff

    Endsinger by Jay Kristoff

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A TREMBLING EARTHThe flames of civil war sweep across the Shima Imperium. With their plans to renew the Kazumitsu dynasty foiled, the Lotus Guild unleash their deadliest creation—a mechanical goliath known as the Earthcrusher, intended to unite the shattered Empire under a yoke of fear...
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    dystopia  epic  magic  myths  war  action-adventure  audiobook  book
  • The Dreamtrails by Isobelle Carmody

    The Dreamtrails by Isobelle Carmody

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The adventure continues with acclaimed fantasy author Isobelle Carmody's The Dreamtrails, an omnibus edition of books five and six in the dystopian fantasy the Obernewtyn Chronicles--"Wavesong" and "The Stone Key!" Captured, Elspeth Gordie is drawn deep into the heart of her enemies. Once there, she meets unusual allies and uncovers a devastating plot brewing in their ranks...
  • Gathering Darkness by Morgan Rhodes, Michelle Rowen

    Gathering Darkness by Morgan Rhodes, Michelle Rowen

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    In GATHERING DARKNESS, book three of the New York Times bestselling Falling Kingdoms series, the stakes have never been higher as three teams push forward on a race to find the Kindred, the four elemental crystals possessing ancient all-powerful magic, first:Prince Magnus has just witnessed torture, death, and miracles during the bloody confrontation that decimated the rebel forces...
  • The Liar's Key by Mark Lawrence

    The Liar's Key by Mark Lawrence

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    The Red Queen has set her players on the board...Winter is keeping Prince Jalan Kendeth far from the longed-for luxuries of his southern palace. And although the North may be home to his companion, the warrior Snorri ver Snagason, he is just as eager to leave. For the Viking is ready to challenge all of Hell to bring his wife and children back into the living world...
    Categorized as:
    dystopia  epic  magic  myths  retellings  war  action-adventure  adult
  • A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir

    A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 71 ratings
    Beyond the Martial Empire and within it, the threat of war looms ever larger.Helene Aquilla, the Blood Shrike, is desperate to protect her sister's life and the lives of everyone in the Empire. Yet danger lurks on all sides...
  • Ghost in the Throne by Jonathan Moeller

    Ghost in the Throne by Jonathan Moeller

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Caina Amalas cheated death and escaped certain doom. So did her mortal enemy, the sorcerer Cassander Nilas. Now the city of Istarinmul teeters on the brink of civil war and sorcerous annihilation. Unless Caina summons all her bravery and cunning, Cassander's dark spell will kill millions of people. Starting with the people she loves..
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    epic  magic  myths  retellings  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc
  • Needs of the Empire by Christopher Mitchell

    Needs of the Empire by Christopher Mitchell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On the run – againBranded an enemy by the Church and Emperor, Daphne Holdfast is forced to flee the Imperial City with her young daughter Karalyn, whose own mage powers are now beginning to reveal themselves.They intend to travel to Rahain, a land in turmoil following the devastating invasion and occupation by Alliance forces...
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    dystopia  epic  magic  action-adventure  book  classics  dark  fiction
  • Oath of Gold by Elizabeth Moon

    Oath of Gold by Elizabeth Moon

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Paks the warrior must learn to live with Paks the human. She undertakes a holy quest for a lost elven prince that brings the gods' wrath down on her and tests her very limits...
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    animals  epic  horses  magic  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc
  • First Rider's Call by Kristen Britain

    First Rider's Call by Kristen Britain

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    GHOSTLY RIDERSKarigan G'ladheon had been a Green Rider, one of the king of Sacoridia's elite magical messengers...
  • Dragon Bonds by Ava Richardson

    Dragon Bonds by Ava Richardson

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Darkening has risen... Agathea Flamma and Sebastian Smith now face an overwhelming enemy. The rapid spread of the Darkening, a threat arising from the mists of legend, looms over the entire land. With both their families torn apart by the conflict and betrayal lurking around every corner, one mistake could doom the kingdom...
  • Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder

    Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Laying hands upon the injured and dying, Avry of Kazan assumes their wounds and diseases into herself. But rather than being honoured for her skills, she is hunted. Healers like Avry are accused of spreading the plague that has decimated the Territories, leaving the survivors in a state of chaos...
  • Night Study by Maria V. Snyder

    Night Study by Maria V. Snyder

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Maria V. Snyder transports readers back to the realms of Sitia and Ixia in an exciting new Study novel full of magic, danger and intrigue. Ever since being kidnapped from the Illiais Jungle as a child, Yelena Zaltana's life has been fraught with peril. But the recent loss of her Soulfinding abilities has endangered her more than ever before...
  • The Guns of Avalon by Roger Zelazny

    The Guns of Avalon by Roger Zelazny

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    Across the worlds of Shadow, Corwin, prince of blood royal, heir to the throne of Amber, gathers his forces for an assault that will yield up to him the crown that is rightfully his. But, a growing darkness of his own doing threatens his plans, an evil that stretches to the heart of the perfect kingdom itself where the demonic forces of Chaos mass to annihilate Amber and all who would rule there...
  • Immortal Reign by Morgan Rhodes

    Immortal Reign by Morgan Rhodes

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    As two lethal elemental gods set out to destroy Mytica, sworn enemies must become allies in the final fight to save the kingdoms.Jonas continues to willfully defy his destiny, but the consequences of plotting his own course are drastic. As the fight for Mytica rages on, he must decide just how much more he's willing to sacrifice...
  • Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

    Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 72 ratings
    They killed my mother.They took our magic.They tried to bury us.Now we rise.Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls.But everything changed the night magic disappeared...
  • Hawksong by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

    Hawksong by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    DANICA SHARDAE IS an avian shapeshifter, and the golden hawk’s form in which she takes to the sky is as natural to her as the human one that graces her on land. The only thing more familiar to her is war: It has raged between her people and the serpiente for so long, no one can remember how the fighting began...
  • The Lost War by Justin Lee Anderson

    The Lost War by Justin Lee Anderson

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The war is over, but something is rotten in the state of Eidyn.With a ragged peace in place, demons burn farmlands, violent Reivers roam the wilds and plague has spread beyond the Black Meadows. The country is on its knees.In a society that fears and shuns him, Aranok is the first magically-skilled draoidh to be named King’s Envoy...
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    epic  magic  myths  retellings  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook
  • A Veil of Spears by Bradley P. Beaulieu

    A Veil of Spears by Bradley P. Beaulieu

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The third book in The Song of Shattered Sands series—an epic fantasy with a desert setting, filled with rich worldbuilding and pulse-pounding action.Since the Night of Endless Swords, a bloody battle the Kings of Sharakhai narrowly won, the kings have been hounding the rebels known as the Moonless Host...
    Categorized as:
    epic  magic  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  dark
  • Soldier Saved by D.K. Holmberg

    Soldier Saved by D.K. Holmberg

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Endric returns to Vasha after discovering his connection to the Antrilii and how they serve the north but finds that much has changed, including his relationship with Senda and Pendin. As he struggles to understand how he can serve the Denraen, he learns that the Denraen hold Urik—and that his father has granted him the freedom of the city...
  • Queen of the Night by Craig Schaefer

    Queen of the Night by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It all ends here. It ends as Livia Serafini returns to her homeland with an army at her back, an exiled refugee turned ruthless conqueror, bringing war and witchcraft to any who dare stand in her way...
    Categorized as:
    epic  magic  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  dark
  • The Severed City by Christopher Mitchell

    The Severed City by Christopher Mitchell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s time for someone to pay. Killop has escaped the dungeons of the Rahain and fled into the mountains.All he desires is to begin his search for Daphne, but his people are crying out for a leader to free them from their chains of servitude...
    Categorized as:
    dystopia  epic  magic  action-adventure  book  classics  dark  fiction
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