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Ripple by Michael C. Grumley
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIt began in Ethiopia, hundreds of thousands of years ago. When a handful of genetic mutations caused evolution to split from the primates. And mankind was born.Now, eons later, evidence of more splits from the apes are being unearthed. And with them, a disturbing realization. Ours was only one of many.And yet we survived. But it was not by luck or chance... -
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A Bright Shore: The Eden Chronicles-Book One by S.M. Anderson
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA military Sci-Fi political thriller set a short decade from now. In 2031, holding to the concept of Individual Liberty can get you killed. Western Civilization is in collapse, a process led and driven by the world's leading supposed democracies, our own included...Categorized as:
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Playground by Richard Powers
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFour lives are drawn together in a sweeping, panoramic new novel from Richard Powers, showcasing the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Overstory at the height of his skills. Twelve-year-old Evie Beaulieu sinks to the bottom of a swimming pool in Montreal strapped to one of the world’s first aqualungs. Ina Aroita grows up on naval bases across the Pacific with art as her only home...Categorized as:
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Deep State Stealth by Vikki Kestell
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsConspiracies. Collusion. Plots. Secrets within secrets and plans within plans.Thanks to Gemma and the nanomites' timely intervention, President Jackson survives Vice President Harmon's attempt to assassinate him and seize the presidency. Back in Albuquerque, Gemma makes a difficult decision: She allows the explosion that killed her identical twin sister to serve as the cover-up for her own "death... -
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The Prequel by Patrick Higgins
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis is an alternate cover edition- ASIN B015L6BCEKIt was the weekend before Thanksgiving. More than 100,000 fans were jammed inside Michigan Stadium, on their feet, to witness a heated football rivalry that had spanned more than 100 years... -
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Leap by Michael C. Grumley
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsONE OF MANKIND'S GREATEST LEGENDS HAS BEEN DISCOVERED.SOMETHING EVERY CIVILIZATION HAS SEARCHED FOR...BUT NOT WHAT ANYONE WAS EXPECTING.Facing the cold, clear glass, Alison Shaw stared nervously into the giant seawater tank.It was just one year ago that she and her team of marine biologists had stunned the world with their incredible breakthrough.And now...they were about to do it again...Categorized as:
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Edge of Darkness by Kyla Stone
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsA world without power, lights, transportation... Liam and Hannah continue their dangerous journey home. But they're hunted by a deadly adversary. Back home, Noah fights to protect both his son and the town of Juniper Springs, though someone is sabotaging his efforts. Preorder the explosive third book in the Edge of Collapse series now... -
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Yellowstone Inferno by Bobby Akart
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsCivilization exists by geologic consent, subject to change without notice.The land beneath Yellowstone's caldera is hot.Huffing and puffing. Moving, stretching and bulging.Everything has a boiling point. Yellowstone has reached the point of no return... -
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Yellowstone Hellfire by Bobby Akart
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsYellowstone is controlled by nature. Its beauty is breathless and tranquil. Crystal clear streams flow. Buffalo roam freely... -
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The Tetradome Run by Spencer Baum
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen the crime wave peaked in the early 70s, and Nixon signed the Redemption Act, no one bothered to imagine what public execution might look like fifty years in the future. No one imagined that The Tetradome Run would become the most popular show in America. This year's show puts convicted felons in a race with genetically engineered monstrous creations... -
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I Am Not a Number by Lisa Heathfield
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe powerful and heart-wrenching new novel from Lisa Heathfield, award-winning author of Seed and Paper Butterflies. Perfect for fans of Sarah Crossan, Louise O'Neill and Lisa Williamson.The Traditionals have been voted to lead the country, winning people over with talks of healing a broken society, of stronger families and safer streets. They promised a happier future for everyone... -
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Maker Space by K.B. Spangler
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsConspiracies, political cover-ups, acts of terrorism… As one of the first cyborgs employed by the federal government, Agent Rachel Peng thought she had already lived through it all. Then, without warning, fourteen blocks of downtown Washington, D.C. are gone, blown apart by bombs unlike anything Rachel has ever seen... -
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Breakdown by Bruno Miller
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA Post-Apocalyptic Survival seriesDo you have what it takes to survive? Ben Davis was prepared for disaster. He just didn’t know it would come so soon. He and his teenage son, Joel, are miles deep in the backcountry of the San Juan Mountains when high-altitude nuclear electromagnetic detonations light up the pre-dawn sky... -
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Home by Theresa Shaver
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook 3 in the best selling Stranded Series: due to some adult content this book is rated for 16+ Five went by Land. Five went by Sea. Nine made it Home. Alex and Emily's two groups are finally united after making their way home from Disneyland after the EMP destroyed all electronics. Their reunion begins in a hail of gunfire and only gets worse from there...Categorized as:
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![Itch Rocks: The Further Adventures of an Element Hunter by Simon Mayo]()
Itch Rocks: The Further Adventures of an Element Hunter by Simon Mayo
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsItchingham Lofte is back—and now he's the most protected boy in the world! After narrowly escaping the thugs from Greencorps and disposing of element 126, Itch and his family live under constant surveillance by England's famed MI5...Categorized as:
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The Free People's Village by Sim Kern
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIn an alternate 2020 timeline, Al Gore won the 2000 election and declared a War on Climate Change rather than a War on Terror. For twenty years, Democrats have controlled all three branches of government, enacting carbon-cutting schemes that never made it to a vote in our world. Green infrastructure projects have transformed U.S...Categorized as:
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![The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler]()
The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHumankind discovers intelligent life in an octopus species with its own language and culture, and sets off a high-stakes global competition to dominate the future. Rumors begin to spread of a dangerous species of hyperintelligent octopus that may have developed its own language and culture. The marine biologist Dr... -
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Martial Law by Bobby Akart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe end begins tomorrow.“Author Bobby Akart possesses the analytic capability of a supercomputer coupled with the expressiveness of an exceptional writer.”~ Amazon ReviewsA government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.~ Thomas JeffersonMartial Law is a prophetic and prescient novel by author Bobby Akart...Categorized as:
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1984: An Audible Original adaptation by Joe White, George Orwell
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom the age of uniformity.From the age of solitude and doublethink.From the age of Big Brother.From me, Winston Smith.Greetings.It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith... -
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Patriots Reborn by Thomas A. Watson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNelson, Michelle, and their family have made it to the farm, having narrowly avoided -detainment.- Along with their circle of friends, they quickly set about reinforcing their home for the inevitable outbreak of the next civil war. While the corrupt American government hunts down free Americans, the family is caught in the line of fire...Categorized as:
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![Tank's Redemption by Michelle Woods]()
Tank's Redemption by Michelle Woods
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnnie Calder just wants out. Convinced by her mother to do one last job, she's not happy when she ends up stranded in the middle of nowhere. Cursing her luck, she isn't prepared for the sexy tattooed biker who rescues her. Will her secrets cost her everything, or will she escape with the life she's always wanted?Jake "Tank" Hadley was looking for a little information... -
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Voices of the Fall by John Ringo, Gary Poole
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsORIGINAL STORIES SET IN JOHN RINGO'S BEST-SELLING BLACK TIDE RISING SERIES. The zombie apocalypse is here in these all-new stories from John Ringo, Sarah A. Hoyt, Michael Z. Williamson, Jody Lynn Nye, Travis S. Taylor, and many more. Sequel to the best-selling anthology Black Tide Rising.Civilization had fallen...Categorized as:
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![Under the Blue by Oana Aristide]()
Under the Blue by Oana Aristide
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA road trip beneath clear blue skies and a blazing sun: a reclusive artist is forced to abandon his home and follow two young sisters across a post-pandemic Europe in search of a safe place. Is this the end of the world?Meanwhile two computer scientists have been educating their baby in a remote location. Their baby is called Talos, and he is an advanced AI program...Categorized as:
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![The Oracle Code by Charles Brokaw]()
The Oracle Code by Charles Brokaw
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt was the most renowned and respected shrine in the Roman Empire, the object of veneration by Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Octavian, and a host of other luminaries. It stood for centuries within a sacred precinct the size of a large town at the heart of the greatest Greek city in the world. Yet it disappeared without a trace, creating the greatest archaeological enigma of the ancient world... -
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![Dreamland by Rosa Rankin-Gee]()
Dreamland by Rosa Rankin-Gee
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratings'You said that you would come back. You looked me in the eye and said that. Well, if you had, this is what you would have seen: soft wood, black cracks, fridges in the road. The broken spines of old rides at Dreamland.'In the coastal resort of Margate, hotels lie empty and sun-faded 'For Sale' signs line the streets. The sea is higher - it's higher everywhere - and those who can are moving inland... -
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Under the Dome: Part 1 by Stephen King
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsOn a beautiful fall day, the small town of Chester's Mill; Maine, is sud- denly and inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world by an invis- ible force field. Planes crash into it and rain down flaming wreckage. Cars explode on impact. Families are separated and panic mounts. No one knows what the barrier is, where it came from, and when—or if—it will go away... -
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Rise of Tyranny by Thomas A. Watson
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAs the district manager for a sporting goods store, Nelson, knows what it takes to survive off the grid. Michelle is a nurse, a mom, and fully capable. Nelson and Michelle are hardworking Americans with a secret: they are part of a circle of individuals who are prepared for the worst. They know that the worst is coming; it's just a matter of time...Categorized as:
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Cyber Attack by Bobby Akart
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAmerica is one bad news story away from societal and economic collapse.As one cyber attack after another disrupts everyday life, powerful political forces and wealthy oligarchs plot the demise of the United States in Cyber Attack Book Two in The Boston Brahmin series...Categorized as:
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The Final Day by William R. Forstchen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe highly-anticipated follow-up to William R. Forstchen’s New York Times bestsellers, One Second After and One Year After, The Final Day immerses readers once more in the story of our nation’s struggle to rebuild itself after an electromagnetic pulse wipes out all electricity and plunges the country into darkness, starvation, and terror...Categorized as:
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![The Perseid Collapse by Steven Konkoly]()
The Perseid Collapse by Steven Konkoly
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTHE PERSEID COLLAPSE:America is on the verge of collapse, in the thrilling post-apocalyptic sequel to The Jakarta Pandemic.In 2019, an inconceivable attack against America's infrastructure will unleash a human darkness over the United States--with a vast appetite for chaos and violence...Categorized as:
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Attack Surface by Cory Doctorow
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCory Doctorow's Attack Surface is a standalone novel set in the world of New York Times bestsellers Little Brother and Homeland.Most days, Masha Maximow was sure she'd chosen the winning side.In her day job as a counterterrorism wizard for an transnational cybersecurity firm, she made the hacks that allowed repressive regimes to spy on dissidents, and manipulate their every move... -
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The Upheaval by Erica Stevens
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe First tremors of the earth were felt at 7:22 EST. time. Every single person felt the rumbling, and experienced the tremors that would forever alter the course of history. Most did not survive. These are the accounts of some of those that did. *Note* This book is the first compilation of a serial story, due to this fact it does not have a conclusion... -
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The High House by Jessie Greengrass
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn this powerful, highly anticipated novel from an award-winning author, four people attempt to make a home in the midst of environmental disaster.Perched on a sloping hill, set away from a small town by the sea, the High House has a tide pool and a mill, a vegetable garden, and, most importantly, a barn full of supplies...Categorized as:
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![How to Buy a Planet by D.A. Holdsworth]()
How to Buy a Planet by D.A. Holdsworth
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Earth has been sold to aliens. What could possibly go wrong?It’s the Year 2024. Drowning in debt following the pandemic and facing ruin, the world's leaders have taken the only logical decision.They’ve sold the planet... -
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![We Have Lost The Chihuahuas by Paul Mathews]()
We Have Lost The Chihuahuas by Paul Mathews
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLondon, 2046. The British Republic has a new First Lady. She’s Californian, ‘in-your-face, for sure’ and she’s got big plans for a Buckingham Palace refurb. When her three Chihuahuas go missing, one man is determined to avoid getting dragged into it all. His name is Pond. Howie Pond – presidential spokesperson, retired secret agent and cat lover... -
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Drone State by Tom Hillenbrand
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGlauser Award 2015 - Best German Crime NovelLasswitz Award 2015 - Best German SF NovelWhy interview witnesses when all their movements and conversations have already been archived on a hard disk? Why investigate crime scenes when police drones have already photographed them from all possible angles?A Brussels MP is found murdered near the EU capital... -
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The Butterfly Code by Sue Wyshynski
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy name is Aeris Thorne. I am a genetically modified human. PAINFUL SECRETS. STARTLING TRUTHS.UNDENIABLE LOVE.All it took was a chance meeting--one tingling glance across a darkened street to change my life.I'd been searching for my two best friends in the crowded Zenith Club, which was a really bad idea because I'm totally claustrophobic...Categorized as:
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Arbitrate by Megan Thomason
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAvailable on Amazon now.It's one year later. Everything has changed.Remember The Second Chance Institute (SCI). Earth's benevolent non-profit by day, Thera's totalitarian regime by night. They’ve stepped up their game on Earth and on Thera—infiltrating political parties, preying on the downtrodden, and planning offensive maneuvers. And they’re handing out more “second chances” than ever before...Categorized as:
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![Hello Summer, Goodbye by Michael G. Coney]()
Hello Summer, Goodbye by Michael G. Coney
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt was an alien planet - yet not too alien from Earth. It had its differences; its ice goblins, its curious furry lorrin, its thickening water, and its unearthly tides, but for a young man like Alika-Drove thinking of a vacation by the sea these oddities were the norm.But this vacation was different...Categorized as:
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Green Rising by Lauren James
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSet in a near-future world on the brink of ecological catastrophe, Lauren James’ novel is a gripping, witty and romantic call to arms.Gabrielle is a climate-change activist who shoots to fame when she becomes the first teenager to display a supernatural ability to grow plants from her skin. Hester is the millionaire daughter of an oil tycoon and the face of the family business... -
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Claiming Racheal by Michelle Woods
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLiving with the Red Devils MC is a new start for Slum mechanic, Racheal Trenton. Having suffered at the hands of an evil man, she’s ready for the change of pace Devils Fall's offers. Struggling to find a way back to herself, Racheal can’t seem to stay away from handsome dark haired Tiny, who’s kindness seems to heal her broken soul... -
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Zero History by William Gibson
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHollis Henry never intended to work for global marketing magnate Hubertus Bigend again. But now she’s broke, and Bigend has just the thing to get her back in the game... Milgrim can disappear in almost any setting, and his Russian is perfectly idiomatic—so much so that he spoke it with his therapist in the secret Swiss clinic where Bigend paid for him to be cured of his addiction..Categorized as:
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Homeland by Cory Doctorow
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsIn Cory Doctorow's wildly successful Little Brother, young Marcus Yallow was arbitrarily detained and brutalized by the government in the wake of a terrorist attack on San Francisco―an experience that led him to become a leader of the whole movement of technologically clued-in teenagers, fighting back against the tyrannical security state...Categorized as:
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Every Version of You by Grace Chan
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn late twenty-first century Australia, Tao-Yi and her partner Navin spend most of their time inside a hyper-immersive, hyper-consumerist virtual reality called Gaia. They log on, go to work, socialise, and even eat in this digital utopia. Meanwhile their aging bodies lie suspended in pods inside cramped apartments...Categorized as:
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![Wolfe Island by Lucy Treloar]()
Wolfe Island by Lucy Treloar
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor years Kitty Hawke has lived alone on Wolfe Island, witness to the island’s erosion and clinging to the ghosts of her past. Her work as a sculptor and her wolfdog Girl are enough. News of mainland turmoil is as distant as myth until refugees from that world arrive: her granddaughter Cat, and Luis and Alejandra, a brother and sister escaping persecution...Categorized as:
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End Game by Ginger Booth
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHave a date yet for the end of the world as we know it?Dee Baker, star programmer for a Fortune 100 media powerhouse, has options. She also has access to the secret plans of the U.S. government to make the end of the world survivable, for some...Categorized as:
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Schrödinger's Cat 1: The Universe Next Door by Chris Wilson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn The Universe Next Door, the President of Unistat is Furbish Lousewart V; in that universe, a terrorist organization known as Purity of Essence (named after General Ripper's obsession in the film Dr. Strangelove) threatens to detonate nuclear devices in major cities all over Unistat. Also mirroring Dr...Categorized as:
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Deadly Design by Debra Dockter
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThough technically twins, Kyle and Connor McAdams couldn't be more different. Connor's the star of the track team, the valedictorian, a demigod living among the students at Rose Hill High School. But Kyle is more of a loner who's most comfortable playing video games in the basement. Also, these twins were born two years apart... -
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Apocalypse Law by John Grit
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA plague wipes out ninety-five percent of the world's population, taking Nate Williams' wife and daughter and leaving him with his thirteen-year-old son to survive on their farm. In the bedlam of lawlessness and starvation, hungry, desperate men arrive from the nearest town to take their meager supplies. A benevolent stranger keeps coming in the night to steal food... -
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A Better World by Sarah Langan
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe author of Good Neighbors , “one of the creepiest, most unnerving deconstructions of American suburbia” (NPR), returns with a provocative and disconcerting novel about a woman questioning her new home in an exclusive company town after a night out goes terribly wrong.Welcome to Plymouth Valley...
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