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  • Chasing Fortune by Brittney Sahin

    Chasing Fortune by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Echo Team has a new addition—a K-9, and he’s in need of training . . .Eight-plus years as Echo Three and Chris Hunter is still as mission-focused as ever, continuing to fight for his country as part of a secretive team of operatives serving the President.When Chris decides to rescue a dog for the team, he soon discovers he and the guys are far from K-9 whisperers, and they need help...
  • Code Name: Aries by Janie Crouch

    Code Name: Aries by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My code name is Aries.The stars say I’m aggressive, dominant, first in line to lead.The stars aren’t wrong.Zodiac Tactical is my company. It’s run by those I’ve chosen for their skills and ability to outmaneuver adversaries. We guard, protect, rescue…assist on the side of the angels.We eliminate the threat when nobody else can...
  • The Final Goodbye by Brittney Sahin

    The Final Goodbye by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When a serial killer strikes a small Alabama town - anyone could become the next victim, or the main suspect . . . Ben Logan, a former soldier, and now the successful owner of a private security firm, can handle just about anything. Well, anything except a run-in with Riley Carpenter. When Ben joined the Marines, he never looked back, and he broke his best friend's heart in the process...
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    crime  dark  female-mc  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  book
  • You Only Love Twice by Lexi Blake

    You Only Love Twice by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Librarian's note: See alternate cover edition of ASIN B00M8LWHVO here.A woman on a mission Phoebe Graham is a specialist in deep cover espionage, infiltrating the enemy, observing their practices, and when necessary eliminating the threat. Her latest assignment is McKay-Taggart Security Services, staffed with former military and intelligence operatives...
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    crime  dark  family  female-mc  revenge  suspense  war  abuse
  • Ryland’s Reach by Dale Mayer

    Ryland’s Reach by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to a new stand-alone but interconnected series from USA Today bestselling Dale Mayer. This is Bullard’s story—and that of his team’s. All raw, rough, incredibly capable men who have one goal: to find out who was behind the attack on their leader, before the attacker, or attackers, return to finish the job...
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    crime  drama  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • Tickle His Fancy by Samantha A. Cole

    Tickle His Fancy by Samantha A. Cole

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    All around him, Brody ‘Egghead’ Evans’ Trident Security teammates have fallen in love and gotten their happily ever after. Ironically, they had always thought the charismatic Dominant would be the first one to fall—not the last...
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    crime  dark  family  female-mc  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult
  • Shadow: A Linear Tactical Romantic Suspense Standalone by Janie Crouch

    Shadow: A Linear Tactical Romantic Suspense Standalone by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Heath Kavanaugh lost years of his life working for a covert agency that ended up being the enemy. Knowing they put something inside his head— constant, incomprehensible whispers —is driving him crazy.  He needs answers, but they’re nowhere to be found...
  • Memorial Day by Vince Flynn

    Memorial Day by Vince Flynn

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Fighting terrorism on foreign ground, CIA superagent Mitch Rapp does whatever it takes to protect American freedom.CIA intelligence has pointed to a major terrorist attack on the United States, just as the nation's capital prepares for a grand Memorial Day tribute to the veterans of World War II...
  • Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts

    Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    "It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant, while I was chained to a wall and being tortured."So begins this epic, mesmerizing first novel set in the underworld of contemporary Bombay...
  • Joseph by Kris Michaels

    Joseph by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Ember Harris has sworn to save lives. Joseph King is an assassin. Death is their common ground, only they stand on opposing sides. A dead man’s plea pushes Dr. Ember Harris headfirst into a swirling mire of drugs, death and political corruption. The Cartel boss who murdered Ember’s friend will stop at nothing to get the information entrusted to her...
  • Innocence & Betrayal by Brittney Sahin

    Innocence & Betrayal by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Reserved biochemist Ava Daniels has spent the last six months working on a top secret assignment for Homeland Security. One morning, after a night of finally letting loose, she discovers her lab empty and her boss missing. Interrogated by the very organization she works for, followed by unknowns, and attacked, Ava finds herself in search of answers as the clock winds down...
  • The President's Daughter by Bill Clinton, James Patterson

    The President's Daughter by Bill Clinton, James Patterson

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    There's a new administration in the White House. But it's the previous First Family who tops an international assassin's hit list.Michael Keating is a former Navy SEAL -- and a former President of the United States, now relocated to rural New Hampshire after a brave but ill-fated military mission cost him his second term...
  • The Heart of a Hero by Susan May Warren

    The Heart of a Hero by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jake Silver may not be able to put the memories of his time as a sniper and Navy SEAL behind him, but at least he can put his skills to use as a part of the Jones Inc. rescue team. Saving the life of pediatric heart surgeon Dr. Aria Sinclair on Denali helped too...
  • Watching from the Shadows by Samantha A. Cole

    Watching from the Shadows by Samantha A. Cole

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Sexy Six-Pack is back! Retired Navy SEAL, Marco DeAngelis, is now an operative at Trident Security. He’s also a Dominant in the BDSM lifestyle. After a poor childhood, he is determined to stay single and childless for the rest of his life. But unbeknownst to him, one night of shared grief and comfort with his deceased sister’s best friend changes that forever...
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    crime  dark  family  female-mc  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult
  • Dead Mountain by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

    Dead Mountain by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Authors Preston & Child return in the latest installment of the bestselling series featuring renowned archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson, where a fateful trip to New Mexico uncovers a case that may prove impossible to solve.In 2008, nine mountaineers failed to return from a winter backpacking trip in the New Mexico mountains...
  • Max: Best Friend. Hero. Marine. by Jennifer Li Shotz

    Max: Best Friend. Hero. Marine. by Jennifer Li Shotz

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This movie novelization of the soon-to-be major motion picture tells the story of a canine hero.When Justin's older brother, Kyle, is killed in Afghanistan, Justin can't believe that his brother is really gone. Except there's one thing that Kyle left behind…Max is a highly trained military canine who has always protected his fellow soldiers...
  • Point Of Impact by Stephen Hunter, Beau Bridges

    Point Of Impact by Stephen Hunter, Beau Bridges

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    He was one the best Marine snipers in Vietnam. Today, twenty years later, disgruntled hero of an unheroic war, all Bob Lee Swagger wants to be left alone and to leave the killing behind.But with consummate psychological skill, a shadowy military organization seduces Bob into leaving his beloved Arkansas hills for one last mission for his country, unaware until too late that the game is rigged...
  • Arm Candy Warrior by E.M. Moore

    Arm Candy Warrior by E.M. Moore

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I don’t belong in the Heights.Truth be told, no one does. It’s dirty, grimy. Riddled with crime, the destitute, and the desperate. Where the family unit doesn’t always mean a mom, a dad, and two-point-five kids. It’s whoever gives you the time of day.That’s how the Heights Crew came about. The only relationship that counts in the Heights is if you’re a part of the Crew...
  • Heirs of Falcon Point by Traci Hunter Abramson, Sian Ann Bessey

    Heirs of Falcon Point by Traci Hunter Abramson, Sian Ann Bessey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the early days of World War II, the Lang family lost everything. Eighty years later, it’s time to take it back.The Nazis have taken control of Austria, and wealthy widower Leopold Lang faces a difficult decision: join the ranks of the foreign power that has taken over his homeland or flee with his children to safety. Leopold makes his choice—but too late...
  • This is the End, Baby by K. Webster

    This is the End, Baby by K. Webster

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ***This is the seventh and final book in the series. First six books must be read in order to fully understand this story line. THIS STORY IS A NOVELLA AND SHORTER THAN THE REST.*** They say the king is the most powerful piece on the board. However, they haven’t met me. This queen knows all the rules. She plays the game better than him...
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    crime  dark  drama  revenge  suspense  war  abuse  action-adventure
  • Waiting For Him by Samantha A. Cole

    Waiting For Him by Samantha A. Cole

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Sexy Six-Pack returns with more teamwork, more suspense, and, most of all, more hot and steamy romance! Twelve years ago, eighteen-year-old Ben 'Boomer' Michaelson's world had fallen apart. Not only had his best friend, Alex Maier, been killed, but Alex's family had perished as well, including his seventeen-year-old sister, Katerina...
  • Ghost: A Linear Tactical Romantic Suspense Standalone by Janie Crouch

    Ghost: A Linear Tactical Romantic Suspense Standalone by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Everyone eventually breaks under torture. It’s a truth elite solider and government agent Dorian Lindstrom, codename Ghost, knows firsthand. His body may have recovered from what was done to him in that Afghani prison six years ago, but his mind…not quite so much.He’s seeing dead people.Grace Brandt, government codename Wraith, knows her past can’t be forgiven...
  • Sweetest Sorrow by J.M. Darhower

    Sweetest Sorrow by J.M. Darhower

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Dante Galante has evaded death a few times in his life, but held captive in a sweltering basement, he's certain that death has finally caught up to him. Bloody and barely breathing, he tries to stay strong, but there's only so much a man can endure before darkness takes over. As a critical care nurse, Gabriella Russo witnesses suffering often...
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    crime  dark  drama  female-mc  revenge  suspense  war  abuse
  • His Angel by Samantha A. Cole

    His Angel by Samantha A. Cole

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The 'Sexy Six-Pack' is back! The men of Trident Security are ex- Navy SEALs, hardened warriors with hearts of gold. Angelina 'Angie' Beckett has been waiting a long time for Mister Right. Unfortunately, all her boyfriends have turned out to be Mr. Wrong. None of them have been able to hold her interest for long and give her what she craves in a relationship...
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    crime  dark  family  female-mc  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult
  • Axel by Dale Mayer

    Axel by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life was never boring, but, for Axel, things kick up a notch when he helps in an underwater rescue of a downed submarine that’s low on oxygen. What they find is nothing like what they expected. All the crew but one was dead—as in shot to death. The last remaining crew member was alive but in rough shape...
  • Keane by Dale Mayer

    Keane by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Heading out on a last-ditch rescue mission to Puget Sound one day after two women go overboard in a sailing accident isn’t exactly what he’d expected … But Keane is nothing if not adaptable. He can only hope the two women are alive and doing everything they can to stay that way...
  • The Terminal List by Jack Carr

    The Terminal List by Jack Carr

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    A Navy SEAL has nothing left to live for and everything to kill for after he discovers that the American government is behind the deaths of his team in this ripped-from-the-headlines political thriller.On his last combat deployment, Lieutenant Commander James Reece’s entire team was killed in a catastrophic ambush that also claimed the lives of the aircrew sent in to rescue them...
  • Billionaire Untamed ~ Tate by J.S. Scott

    Billionaire Untamed ~ Tate by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Lara Bailey isn't in Rocky Springs for the hot springs, the resort activities or the fabulous skiing. She has come to Colorado for one reason and one reason only: to find and get close to Marcus Colter, the eldest Colter brother. Unfortunately, trouble finds her in the form of Tate Colter rather than Marcus...
  • Griffin by Dale Mayer

    Griffin by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What happens when the very men—trained to make the hard decisions—come up against the rules and regulations that hold them back from doing what needs to be done? They either stay and work within the constraints given to them or they walk away. Only now, for a select few, they have another option: The Mavericks...
  • Ranger Creed by Elle James

    Ranger Creed by Elle James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Native American of the Blackfeet Nation, Lani Running Bear ends her service in the Army Military Police corps and returns to the reservation to help her people as a law enforcement officer. When members of her tribe turn up dead, she doesn't know who she can trust and calls on a man she’d busted while deployed...
  • The Dust and the Roar: Motorcycle Club Saga by Cat Porter

    The Dust and the Roar: Motorcycle Club Saga by Cat Porter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Wreck took me on a wild ride that I didn’t want to come back from. Raw, gritty, intense, & all-consuming. Wreck wrecked me in the best possible way." - Claire C. Riley USA Today Bestselling Author A forgotten era A forever love Their untold story. Screw the rules...
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    crime  dark  family  female-mc  poc-mc  suspense  war  action-adventure
  • The Protective SEAL by Katie Knight, Leslie North

    The Protective SEAL by Katie Knight, Leslie North

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jack Williams has never felt so lost. For him, being a Navy SEAL wasn’t just a job, it was a way of life. Protecting people had always been his strength, until a career-ending injury forced him into retirement. He’s struggling to start over when he stumbles across a car in a ditch, springing him back into action. Only this is no random citizen in distress...
  • The Escape by David Baldacci, Ron McLarty

    The Escape by David Baldacci, Ron McLarty

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Special Agent Puller's brother is the country's most wanted criminal, but his conviction points to a cover-up--and a dangerous enemy bent on burying the truth in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller.It's a prison unlike any other. Military discipline rules. Its security systems are unmatched. None of its prisoners dream of escaping. They know it's impossible...until now...
    Categorized as:
    crime  drama  family  realistic  survival  suspense  war  thriller
  • Asher by Nyssa Kathryn

    Asher by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She needs his love. He needs her safe.When a workplace romance becomes something deeper for Lexie Harper, she’s devastated to learn Asher Becket is determined to keep their sensual touches and passionate kisses behind closed doors. But that’s not good enough. Lexie won’t be anyone’s dirty little secret…especially when she’s harboring a secret of her own that won’t stay hidden for long...
  • Drifter by Janine Infante Bosco

    Drifter by Janine Infante Bosco

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "Stryker" I’m a drifter. A man born to ride through this world alone. There used to be a time when I thought I was the rescuing type. I enlisted in the Marines and made it my duty—I was going to save lives. I was going to be a true American hero. But God had another plan. Or maybe Satan did. For everything I touch finds mortality. I’m no hero. I’m nothing...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  family  revenge  suspense  war  abuse  action-adventure
  • Savage Rising by Katie Reus

    Savage Rising by Katie Reus

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Katie Reus comes the second book in the ALL NEW Redemption Harbor series where sparks fly and so do bullets… He's a former Marine, her new fake boyfriend, and the only way to escape her dangerous past. Having a child changed everything for Olivia—she vowed to keep her little girl safe from the mistakes of her past...
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    crime  dark  female-mc  poc-mc  suspense  war  abuse  action-adventure
  • Send Down the Rain by Charles Martin

    Send Down the Rain by Charles Martin

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Allie's second husband is killed tragically when his 18-wheeler crashes into the rocks near their home in Cape San Blas--the tanker was full of fuel and the explosion could be seen on overhead satellites. She'd already lost the beloved waterfront restaurant her parents started and now losing her husband, no matter how unfulfilling their marriage was, might just push her over the edge...
  • Shades of Gray by Maya Banks, Adam Paul

    Shades of Gray by Maya Banks, Adam Paul

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    The Kelly Group International (KGI): A super-elite, top secret, family-run business. Qualifications: High intelligence, rock-hard body, military background. Mission: Hostage/kidnap victim recovery. Intelligence gathering. Handling jobs the U.S. government can’t… P.J. and Cole were sharpshooting rivals on the same KGI team and enjoyed a spirited, uncomplicated camaraderie...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  drama  family  female-mc  revenge  suspense  war
  • Unwind by Neal Shusterman

    Unwind by Neal Shusterman

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 47 ratings
    Connor, Risa, and Lev are running for their lives.The Second Civil War was fought over reproductive rights. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable from the moment of conception until age thirteen. Between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, however, parents can have their child "unwound," whereby all of the child's organs are transplanted into different donors, so life doesn't technically end...
  • UnWholly by Neal Shusterman

    UnWholly by Neal Shusterman

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 50 ratings
    Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found hereIt’s finally here. The long-awaited sequel to the bestselling Unwind, which Publishers Weekly called a “gripping, brilliantly imagined futuristic thriller.”Thanks to Connor, Lev, and Risa—and their high-profile revolt at Happy Jack Harvest Camp—people can no longer turn a blind eye to unwinding...
  • Honor by J.L. Drake

    Honor by J.L. Drake

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Bullets fly during a dangerous mission, and Major Mark Lopez is critically injured… A Blackstone soldier, Mark is transferred to the North Dakota hospital with the security clearance to treat members of the elite covert team. The pretty new nurse assigned to his case knows her stuff, but Mark soon discovers she knows more than just how to save lives. Mia Harper knows the Blackstone Code...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  family  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc
  • Secretive by K.E. Osborn, Addison Jane

    Secretive by K.E. Osborn, Addison Jane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They see me as weak.Just a scared kid.The moment my big sister took me away from the club, it sealed my fate as a burden.As the son of a president for the Houston Defiance MC, I was born into power. I’m destined to lead. My father and older brother before me, I should follow in their footsteps. But they don’t see me that way.The only path to keep me safe is to ship me off...
  • Hot Louisiana Knight by Em Petrova

    Hot Louisiana Knight by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Known as the brainiac of the Knight Ops team, Dylan Knight is okay with the guys making fun of his nerdier tendencies because he can still split a hair with open sights at twenty paces. When the special ops force is dispatched during Mardi Gras to a formalwear boutique suspected of harboring a terrorist cell, Dylan gets the nod to take point on the operation...
  • Down Deep by Kimberly Kincaid

    Down Deep by Kimberly Kincaid

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ian Gamble has a past he’d rather forget—which is exactly what he’s doing at The Crooked Angel Bar and Grill when the place catches fire. Between his active duty in the Marines and his experience as a firefighter, his instincts get him and hot, headstrong bar manager, Kennedy Matthews, to safety...
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    crime  dark  family  female-mc  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult
  • Fearless by Marlie May

    Fearless by Marlie May

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Their second chance at love turns lethal when a man from Ginny’s past is determined to see her dead. Navy Chief Cooper Talon is on leave only long enough to clean out his dad’s house and shut the door on the abuse he suffered there. He takes a break to go camping with a high school buddy, never expecting to run into his friend’s younger sister, Ginny—the girl he secretly adored twelve years ago...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  war  drama  female-mc  crime  friendship  dark  romance
  • UnSouled by Neal Shusterman

    UnSouled by Neal Shusterman

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Teens fight for their humanity in this thrilling third book in the New York Times bestselling Unwind Dystology series by Neal Shusterman.Connor and Lev are on the run after the destruction of the Graveyard, the last safe haven for AWOL unwinds...
  • Without Remorse by Tom Clancy

    Without Remorse by Tom Clancy

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 53 ratings
    John Kelly, former Navy SEAL and Vietnam veteran, is still getting over the accidental death of his wife six months before, when he befriends a young woman with a decidedly checkered past. When that past reaches out for her in a particularly horrifying fashion, he vows revenge and, assembling all of his old skills, sets out to track down the men responsible, before it can happen again...
  • Hard Pursuit by Pamela Clare

    Hard Pursuit by Pamela Clare

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She walked away once…When ER nurse Kristi Chang met former Army Ranger Malik Jones in Antarctica eighteen months ago, they agreed to sex with no strings. She had no idea that Malik would turn out to be the most fun she’d ever had. Or that a big, bad soldier could be so sweet. Or that she would still be thinking of him more than a year later...
  • Unexpected Guardian by Willow Summers

    Unexpected Guardian by Willow Summers

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The final book in the Skyline Series by USA Today Bestselling author, Willow Summers. Desperate to accomplish her dream and finish her building, Jenna returns to New York City to hit the project by storm. Unfortunately, the threat that was neutralized in the woods of Colorado wasn't enough to see her safe...
  • Cape Cod SEAL Rescue by Elle James

    Cape Cod SEAL Rescue by Elle James

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Grieving Navy SEAL widower, John Decker, commemorating the two-year anniversary of the day he lived and his wife died, is dragged back into life by a riptide and a blonde he can't get out of his thoughts. Plagued with survivor's guilt, he's reluctant to enter a new relationship, until he meets a feisty bartender with attitude and curves to go with it...
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