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Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 88 ratingsDanger and betrayal, love and loss, secrets and enchantment are woven together in the breathtaking finale to the #1 New York Times bestselling Infernal Devices Trilogy, prequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series.THE INFERNAL DEVICES WILL NEVER STOP COMINGA net of shadows begins to tighten around the Shadowhunters of the London Institute...Categorized as:
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![The Empty Grave by Jonathan Stroud]()
The Empty Grave by Jonathan Stroud
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsFive months after the events in THE CREEPING SHADOW, we join Lockwood, Lucy, George, Holly, and their associate Quill Kipps on a perilous night mission: they have broken into the booby-trapped Fittes Mausoleum, where the body of the legendary psychic heroine Marissa Fittes lies. Or does it? This is just one of the many questions to be answered in Book 5 of the Lockwood & Co. series... -
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Three Charms for Murder by Honor Raconteur
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIt takes more than three charms to commit murder.When an old childhood friend comes to Henri asking for help in solving his parents’ murders, Henri agrees immediately. He knows this case is not going to be easy. Mr. and Mrs. Atwood’s bodies had been found magically posed to mimic a statue, and the investigator in charge ruled it a murder-suicide... -
![Diplomats and Fugitives by Lindsay Buroker]()
Diplomats and Fugitives by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsEven though Basilard is the official Mangdorian ambassador to the Turgonian Republic, he still isn’t fully trusted by his pacifist people. After he was enslaved and forced to entertain spectators in pit fights that left him scarred and mute, his kin turned their backs on him, condemning him for choosing violence... -
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![Scorched by Magic by Jasmine Walt]()
Scorched by Magic by Jasmine Walt
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe seventh book in this action-packed, wildly original fantasy series by New York Times Bestselling Author Jasmine Walt. Home from their travels at last, Sunaya and Iannis are confronted with a threat against which even their strongest magic is largely helpless... -
![Magic Outside the Box by Honor Raconteur]()
Magic Outside the Box by Honor Raconteur
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsHenri is quite accustomed to dangerous and unusual cases landing in his lap. Being partnered to the Shinigami Detective likely has something to do with it. What he is NOT accustomed to is the queen herself marching into his lab and handing them such a case. Former Royal Mage Joseph Burtchell was found dead in his home, all signs pointing to murder... -
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Breaking and Entering 101 by Honor Raconteur
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsSince Jamie and Henri agreed to be Kingsmen consultants, they’d not had much call to actually consult. Which is a fortuitous thing, as Henri is up to his neck in labwork and interviews for a new Magical Examiner due to Sanderson’s departing. He is hardly in any position to add more tasks onto his shoulders.Which, naturally, means two disasters strike at once...Categorized as:
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![Grimoires and Where to Find Them by Honor Raconteur]()
Grimoires and Where to Find Them by Honor Raconteur
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsHow do you catch an elusive thief?There is nothing more delightful than a bookfaire with his lady love. At least, until Henri learns that a grimoire belonging to the dangerous Reaper’s Set has been stolen without its protective box. When Henri and Jamie go looking for answers, they are horrified to discover more than one volume has been stolen without its protective box... -
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Charms and Death and Explosions (oh my!) by Honor Raconteur
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA dead charm maker is only the beginning. Humanity seems determined to come up with increasingly clever ways to murder one another. They seize upon new technological advances in a way that’s alarming, their creativity and blood-thirstiness knowing no bounds...Categorized as:
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![Claimed by Magic by Jasmine Walt]()
Claimed by Magic by Jasmine Walt
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFenris and Mia's story continues in the second book of this Baine Chronicles spinoff trilogy...Now that Fenris and Mina have finally admitted their feelings for each other, for the first time, they both face something they’d thought impossible—settling down with someone who accepts and loves them for who they are...Categorized as:
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![Taken by Magic by Jasmine Walt]()
Taken by Magic by Jasmine Walt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJoin Sunaya one last time for this final installment in the Baine Chronicles series...Even as Sunaya's fairy-tale romance with her handsome, powerful Chief Mage is celebrated in the media, all Sunaya wants is to get past the endless duties and social engagements of her new role, and spend a bit of private time with Iannis... -
![Death Over the Garden Wall by Honor Raconteur]()
Death Over the Garden Wall by Honor Raconteur
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThree modus operandi to die. Four employees, six house guests, and not a single witness.Confusing clues and no helpful leads cloud the death of Countess Giada Barese, who washed up on shore two weeks after her mysterious disappearance. Henri and Jamie have no idea if her death is a homicide, suicide, or accidental death, for nothing adds up...Categorized as:
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Johannes Cabal and the Blustery Day by Jonathan L. Howard
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJohannes Cabal has faced down the undead, ghosts, monsters, and Satan himself. But before all that, he fought the terrifying Bonewind, a supernatural being that devours life itself, and he did it all without leaving his house. "Johannes Cabal and the Blustery Day" was the story that first introduced the necromancer of some little infamy back in 2004... -
![Magic and the Shinigami Detective by Honor Raconteur]()
Magic and the Shinigami Detective by Honor Raconteur
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhen the Night Foxes boldly break into the Fourth Precinct’s Evidence Building, it causes quite the stir. The break-in is daring enough, but their method shreds the magical wards and protections on the building like confetti paper. To say the police are ‘alarmed’ by this is the understatement of the century. As a Magical Examiner, Henri Davenforth is of course immediately called in... -
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Limelight by Dan Willis
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen a madman starts robbing banks the really old fashioned way, by blowing holes in them with magical explosives, the police want Alex to catch him before he kills and robs again. There are two problems with that, however, first as far as Alex knows there’s no such thing as a blasting rune, and second his friend Danny Pak is up for a promotion and that’s not Danny’s case... -
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All Fun and Games by Honor Raconteur
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt’s all fun and games until someone gets murdered.Well, the Queen’s Own certainly isn’t having fun, because what’s worse than one case? Two, of course. And what’s worse than two? Whatever madness Jamie’s currently in.The body count is rising, all the MO’s are different, and cleaning charms have wiped the murder scenes of clues... -
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In Plain Sight by Dan Willis
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWhen a magical plague is released in a Depression-era New York soup kitchen, private detective Alex Lockerby finds himself in a desperate hunt to catch a madman before he can strike again.His investigations lead Alex to a famous thief, a daring heist, and the search for a mythic book of ancient magic, but none of that brings him any closer to finding the man responsible for the massacre...Categorized as:
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![Saved by Magic by Jasmine Walt]()
Saved by Magic by Jasmine Walt
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFenris and Mina's story concludes in the final book of this Baine Chronicles spinoff trilogy!Alerted that Sunaya and Iannis's wedding may be the target of a Resistance plot, Mina and Fenris travel to Solantha despite the very real possibility that Fenris could be recognized and thrown into prison should any of his enemies spot him...Categorized as:
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Prophecy of Magic by Dima Zales
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFind my long-lost birth parents? Check.Kiss the man I've been crushing on for years? Check.Finally kick back and enjoy my happy ending? Yeah, no such luck.With literal demons out to kill me and my loved ones in trouble, I'm starting to wonder if I'll make it out of this one alive.. -
![A Long Way from Ordinary by Ann Charles, Sam Lucky]()
A Long Way from Ordinary by Ann Charles, Sam Lucky
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“There’s gold in them there hills!” … and something deadly, too. Danger the likes Boone McCreery has never seen is brewing in the Black Hills. Fresh in from Santa Fe, he’s returned to Deadwood to seek justice for his uncle, and maybe to see about a girl. Little did he know his search for justice would have him stumbling into a hornets’ nest beyond his worst nightmare... -
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Blood Relation by Dan Willis
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYoung women are turning up dead, exsanguinated by a killer who leaves strange and powerful symbols behind, drawn in his victim's blood. Now Alex Lockerby must stop the killer before he can complete his dark ritual and release hell on the city... -
![How Nina Got Her Fang Back by Dakota Cassidy]()
How Nina Got Her Fang Back by Dakota Cassidy
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt’s been a while since Nina Statleon—ex-coffin lover, current chicken wing lover—lost her vampire mojo during a particularly brutal OOPS case. Her friends Wanda and Marty are worried. Nina clearly hasn’t dealt with the emotional fallout caused by losing one’s immortality. She’s got issues. Big issues. And it’s time to call in the Big Gun—Paranormal Psychologist January Malone... -
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Fugitive by Magic by Jasmine Walt
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat happened to Fenris after he fled Solantha? Find out in this epic new trilogy following the events of Scorched by Magic from the Baine Chronicles… Fenris is no stranger to picking up the pieces of his life and starting over...Categorized as:
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Capital Murder by Dan Willis
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen the FBI wants to sweep the murder of a US Senator under the rug, Alex Lockerby must navigate the halls of political power and corruption in order to catch a professional killer and uncover dark conspiracy that threatens the very foundations of government... -
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![The Long Chain by Dan Willis]()
The Long Chain by Dan Willis
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhen New York is blanketed in an unnatural fog, Private Detective Alex Lockerby finds himself on the trail of a missing scientist, a stolen military secret, and a merciless killer leaving a trail of bodies in their wake.In a city the size of New York, things go missing all the time. When a Nobel-Prize winning Chemist vanishes without a trace, his granddaughter taps Alex to find him...Categorized as:
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Ambush or Adore by Gail Carriger
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLondon’s best and most covert spy tries to escape the man who has always adored her.INTELLIGENCERAgatha Woosmoss, the Wallflower, is the greatest intelligencer of her generation. And no one knows she exists. She has been invisible, capable, and cunning for well over four decades. Her greatest skill is in her ability to go forever unnoticed. Except by one man... -
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Mind Games by Dan Willis
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat do a murderous housewife and a wayward heiress have in common? If Alex Lockerby is right, someone is manipulating them against their will. Now all he has to do is unravel a dark tapestry of family, politics, wine, money, love, and murder before the people behind it put an end to him...Categorized as:
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Betrayed by Magic by Jasmine Walt
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFor most women, being newly engaged to the love of your life is a time of celebration. But Sunaya’s happiness is overshadowed by loss. Her friends have not returned from their quest to bring back Noria, and though the Resistance has been beaten back, they are far from vanquished...Categorized as:
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Deceived by Magic by Jasmine Walt
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIf Sunaya and Iannis thought there would be time to rest after returning from their last mission, they are sorely mistaken. The Minister sends them to face off with yet more dangerous enemies—this time in a lawless port in remote Garai, where pirates and slavers thrive, and everyone is fair game... -
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Solstice Day Gifts by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsAfter a year full of adventure, intrigue, and tragedy, Sicarius agrees to spend Solstice Day on a tropical island with Amaranthe, resting and relaxing far away from the chaos of the new republic. But there are a couple of problems. First off, the island is riddled with old wanted posters of Sicarius, along with countless people who would like to collect the bounty. Second..Categorized as:
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The Finality Problem by G.S. Denning, Robert Garson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWarlock Holmes is dealing with a jerk, who just so happens to be a stockbroker. There may be a link. He's also trying to hunt down some tokens to control something magical (it's all rather complicated), and Moriarty just won't stop taking over people's bodies. And of course Dr. John Watson is by his side (mostly), but not quite as useful as he once was.. -
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Claw Marks & Card Games by Maz Maddox
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCooper Woodlock is a man who can’t seem to stay out of trouble. Between his gambling debt and being a widowed father, he can never seem to get Lady Luck back on his side. Desperate for a winning hand, Cooper starts hitting saloons and tempting fate in order to keep the bloodthirsty Spades at bay... -
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Forsaken by Magic by Jasmine Walt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA novella exploring the origins of Fenris, one of the most beloved characters from the Baine Chronicles. Lord Polar ar’Tollis has everything he wants. Wealth, power, respect, beautiful women eager to marry him—there is very little the Chief Mage of Nebara lacks in his life. Except, perhaps, compassion...Categorized as:
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The Mage War by Ben S. Dobson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe nations of the Continent are on the verge of declaring war with Audland over the actions of the man who would be the next Mage Emperor, and only Tane, Kadka, Indree, and Tinga know the truth about Endo Stooke's plot. The problem is, they're on the run, blamed for the attempted assassination of the Belgrian Kaiser...Categorized as:
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![Curse of the Phoenix (The Arcane Irregulars Book 1) by Dan Willis]()
Curse of the Phoenix (The Arcane Irregulars Book 1) by Dan Willis
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a trail of magical murders follow a stolen statue, Lieutenant Danny Pak and FBI Agent Buddy Redhorn have to get it back, before its dire curse falls on the city.New York Police Lieutenant Danny Pak has a problem. When one of his officers calls him out to an unusual crime scene, Danny realizes that it’s terrifyingly similar to something the department thought was dead and buried... -
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Stars Die by Jenny Schwartz
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to Caldryn Parliament. Golden Age mysteries in the Realm of science fiction and fantasy.Recalled from the frontier, the new Warden of Caldryn Parliament is well aware she’s not a popular choice, but she never expected to portal into a murder scene.Nor did she anticipate acquiring such a unique partner... -
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Hunted by Magic by Jasmine Walt
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWith the sudden disappearance of Iannis, the Chief Mage, Solantha has erupted into pandemonium. Citizens are rioting in the streets, the Mages Guild is on a misguided warpath, and shifters and humans are fleeing the city in droves. Ridden with guilt, Sunaya defies the Mages Guild and goes off in search of Iannis, trekking into dangerous, uncivilized territory to try and make things right... -
![Ice Cracker II: And Other Stories by Lindsay Buroker]()
Ice Cracker II: And Other Stories by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsShe's wanted for crimes against the throne. He's the empire’s most notorious assassin. With bounties on their heads, they’re not likely candidates for heroics, but they're on a quest for redemption. Unfortunately, they'll have to pursue and conquer great threats to earn the emperor's recognition.Three short fantasy stories set in the author's "Emperor's Edge" universe...Categorized as:
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Hard Magic by Larry Correia
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsJake Sullivan is a licensed Private Eye—with a seriously hardboiled attitude. He also possesses raw magical talent and the ability to make objects in his vicinity light as a feather or as heavy as depleted uranium, all with a magical thought. It's no wonder the G-men turn to Jake when they need someone to go after a suspected killer who's been knocking off banks in a magic-enhanced crime spree...Categorized as:
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Shadows Over Innocence by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsNote: Despite chronology, it is recommended that The Emperor's Edge (book 1) be read first. This short story contains a spoiler for book 1.Sicarius, the emperor’s personal assassin, returns from a successful mission only to discover that the enemy is retaliating by sending an assassin of their own. The target? Five-year-old Prince Sespian...Categorized as:
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![Night After Night by Kathryn Smith]()
Night After Night by Kathryn Smith
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsCenturies ago, this magnificent chalice sealed my fate as a vampire, and now I am its protector. Many have hunted me for it, but only Vivian has accomplished the task. Strong, lovely, haunted . . . I am more attracted to her than I should be, yet her loyalty lies with a man determined to bring about my destruction. But I am not so easily locked in a cage, and now the captive has become the captor... -
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The Devil You Know by P.N. Elrod
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPREVIEW AVAILABLE at vampwriter-dot-com/DevilYouKnowEXCERPT.htmVampire PI Jack Fleming travels to Long Island to attend a funeral.Problem: There's more than one body in the grave.Delving into his past, Jack follows clues leading to an old murder, new betrayals, and a hard look at the man he was vs. the vampire he's become... -
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Hold The Dark by Frank Tuttle
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDemons in a feeding frenzy drive the world-weary Markhat to the brink… A Markhat story. Quiet, hard-working seamstresses aren’t the kind that normally go missing, even in a tough town like Rannit. Martha Hoobin’s disappearance, though, quickly draws Markhat into a deadly struggle between a halfdead blood cult and the infamous sorcerer known only as the Corpsemaster...Categorized as:
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![The Automaton's Wife by Vered Ehsani]()
The Automaton's Wife by Vered Ehsani
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBeatrice Knight has enough to contend with: a zebra is dead on her lawn, her horse is possessed and a gentleman has arrived with the temerity to propose to her. To top it off, her dead husband Gideon has absconded with an automaton, threatening to return for his wife. The wife in question however soon has other issues, for a killer has moved into town with a nasty habit of carving up the victims...Categorized as:
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Firebrand by A.J. Hartley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOnce a steeplejack, Anglet Sutonga is used to scaling the heights of Bar-Selehm. Nowadays she assists politician Josiah Willinghouse behind the scenes of Parliament. When government plans for a secret weapon are stolen, their investigation leads right to the doorsteps of the city’s superexclusive social club, Elitus...Categorized as:
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![Angel Fever by Ella Summers]()
Angel Fever by Ella Summers
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCadence Lightbringer has everything. The prestige and power that comes with being the Angel of Storm Castle. Her archangel husband and soulmate, Damiel Dragonsire, Master Interrogator in the Legion of Angels. And their son Nero, a miracle of magic, the first and only child of two angels.But the Legion’s mission to exterminate dark magic brings trouble to Cadence’s door...Categorized as:
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![The Timeseer's Gambit by Kate McIntyre]()
The Timeseer's Gambit by Kate McIntyre
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s been three months since mild-mannered Christopher Buckley began working with Olivia Faraday, the eccentric Deathsniffer. They’ve hunted killers, solved murders, and learned to work together. But their greatest challenges are yet to come…As a brutal heat wave wracks an increasingly unstable Darrington City, someone is killing young priests. Worse, they are using bound elementals to do it... -
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Sunset Specters by Gary Jonas
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA SORCERER SEEKING IMMORTALITY The powerful wizard, Henry Winslow, arrives in 1877 and sets out for the Barbary Coast in San Francisco to steal a bit of life energy from his parents before he can head to the 1920s to complete his immortality ritual... -
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Forged by Fire by Danielle Annett
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI thought I’d get a break. Maybe catch some R&R.Boy, was I wrong.My best friend is still MIA.My foe turned friend—Inarus—is safe, maybe. Though he’s anything but sound.And now Melody, my Harpy gal pal—is missing, leaving behind a trail of blood like some macabre Hansel and Gretel... -
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The Warrior by Jim Butcher
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHarry Dresden and Michael Carpenter are sitting on the diamond's bleachers, where Carpenter is coaching his daughter's softball team, discussing a number of pictures that Dresden received, depicting Carpenter in his day-to-day activity. Dresden feels his friend is in danger, Carpenter minimizes it all, stating he's not going to live in fear, and that Amoracchius has passed out of his hands...Categorized as:
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