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  • Druid Mystic by M.D. Massey

    Druid Mystic by M.D. Massey

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Colin McCool has outwitted necromancers, sorcerers, fae assassins, and evil demigods… but can this journeyman druid survive a face-to-face fight with a god?  It’s me again—your friendly neighborhood druid, pissing people off everywhere I go in the supernatural world.After killing a psychotic demigod, I just wanted to retreat to my beloved junkyard in peace...
  • Linked by Rachel Rener

    Linked by Rachel Rener

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A lot can change in a week.Seven days ago, I was just Talia – an art school drop-out with an affinity for tattoos, a hopeless crush on my boss, and a knack for finding trouble.Now, I’m a gold-blooded, magic-harnessing, Runemaster-in-training.The good news is, all of that has resulted in one hell of a promotion. Instead of sweeping floors, I’m sweeping swarms of venomous squatters out of castles...
  • Shadow Faerie by Rachel Morgan

    Shadow Faerie by Rachel Morgan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Enter the dazzling and deadly world of Unseelie royalty in the penultimate Creepy Hollow book!Emerson Clarke thought magic might solve all her problems. Turns out, magic only made her life more complicated. Her sick mother is in a worse position than before, and Em just made a risky deal with an Unseelie prince: he will heal her mother if Em agrees to the ultimate alliance—marriage...
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    fae  paranormal  magic  dark  romance  fantasy  young-adult  audiobook
  • The 12 Dragons of Albion by Mark Hayden

    The 12 Dragons of Albion by Mark Hayden

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My name is Conrad Clarke and I claim my reward…You’d think that staying alive and saving the girl would be enough for now.After proving himself in a desperate magickal battle, Conrad is admitted to the King’s Watch.And what does the world of magick do? It laughs in his face.At least Conrad now has a partner with some serious magickal firepower...
  • Tenfold by Mark Hayden

    Tenfold by Mark Hayden

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Unto the Tenth Generation…Must we atone for our ancestors’ sins?Conrad’s 11xGreat Grandfather has been haunting his house since 1622, keeping a secret and biding his time. A secret that spells trouble for the world of magick.The King’s Watch want to Summon him. The keepers of the secret don’t want that to happen.They unleash a fire Mage to stop the summoning and don’t care who dies on the way...
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    dark  fae  humor  magic  paranormal  action-adventure  adult  audiobook
  • Inflection Point by John G. Hartness

    Inflection Point by John G. Hartness

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    His uncle has been kidnapped. A shadowy government agency is torturing cryptids in his city. His Sanctuary has been revoked from the one place he could drink safely. There's a medusa at the mall. A fairy princess might have just summoned an Old One in a public park. Quincy Harker really wishes he'd just stayed in Memphis. But he didn't...
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    dark  humor  magic  adult  audiobook  book  dark-fantasy  fiction
  • Trick or Treat by Derek Landy

    Trick or Treat by Derek Landy

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Short story published on Derek Landy's blog; fits in best between Death Bringer and Kingdom of the Wicked...
  • The Lost Art of World Domination by Derek Landy

    The Lost Art of World Domination by Derek Landy

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    A shot of Skulduggery action.It isn’t easy to take over the world. First you need the scheme. Then you need the muscle. Then you need to come up with a system for ruling six billion people and keeping them from revolting. It takes a certain kind of man to take over the world.Scaramouch Van Dreg, however, is not that man.But he has one thing going for him...
  • The Dark-Hunters, Books 7-9 by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    The Dark-Hunters, Books 7-9 by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon has entertained millions of readers with her extraordinary Dark-Hunter series.  Here together for the first time in a convenient eBook bundle are her popular Dark-Hunter novels: Sins of the Night Alexion and Danger will have to untwist a tangled web of lies and deceit or watch the world of the Dark-Hunters fall apart...
    Categorized as:
    dark  fae  paranormal  adult  book  dark-fantasy  fiction  gods
  • Fairy Tale by Shayne Silvers

    Fairy Tale by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A psychotic ginger vampire. A demonic rooster horse. The Brothers Grimm have broken free from their prison, and are thirsty for blood. This wizard learns that buying books can be deadly, and that his childhood Fairy Tales were not just stories, but dire warnings…Free for subscribers to my Newsletter at www (dot) shaynesilvers (dot) com...
    Categorized as:
    dark  humor  magic  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  dark-fantasy
  • Laughter at the Academy by Seanan McGuire

    Laughter at the Academy by Seanan McGuire

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From fairy tale forest to gloomy gothic moor, from gleaming epidemiologist’s lab to the sandy shores of Neverland, Seanan McGuire’s short fiction has been surprising, delighting, confusing, and transporting her readers since 2009. Now, for the first time, that fiction has been gathered together in one place, ready to be enjoyed one twisting, tangled tale at a time...
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    dark  humor  lgbtq  magic  paranormal  adult  anthologies  dark-fantasy
  • Cursed Dragon by Brogan Thomas

    Cursed Dragon by Brogan Thomas

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She’s stuck working a dead-end job in an isolated paranormal community. When they come under attack, can this snarky teen defend those she loves? Kricket Jones is bored. Trapped with her family in a heavily warded enclave because of their dormant dragon DNA, the nineteen-year-old’s biggest adrenaline rush comes from crafting forbidden charms on the sly...
  • Dead Certain by P.S. Power

    Dead Certain by P.S. Power

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dead Certain The world’s most intrepid vampire is tossed from the frying pan into the crucible in this stunning conclusion to the Trilogy. Eve, working her day, and night, job is given a new task by the Vampire Council. If she can survive it, her fortune will be secured. If not, she’ll end up dead for the final time...
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    dark  humor  magic  paranormal  adult  book  dark-fantasy  demons
  • Dead and Everything by P.S. Power

    Dead and Everything by P.S. Power

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dead and Everything Eve Benson, the world’s hardest working baby vampire isn’t going to be left to the normal course of things. As a new member of the undead she should be in for years of beatings, starvation, and possibly some other things that her parents wouldn’t be happy to hear about. Thanks to the training she put herself through though, Eve is a different kind of Vamp...
    Categorized as:
    dark  humor  magic  paranormal  adult  book  dark-fantasy  demons
  • Awakening / Spellbound by Cate Tiernan

    Awakening / Spellbound by Cate Tiernan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The second three Sweep books bound into one gorgeous edition at a fabulous price! Morgan Rowlands is a blood witch, the last of a long line of ancient and powerful witches and the holder of an unfathomable power. With the help of her love, her soul mate, Cal, she has realized her true self-but at a price...
  • Soul Marked by Lissa Bolts

    Soul Marked by Lissa Bolts

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Oh, hey. Nora here. Soooo magic is definitely real.And I guess I’ve been living under a rock because now they’re telling me that I’m the last in a long line of practically extinct jinn. Nuts, right?I’m having trouble believing it myself, but that’s not even my biggest problem. I’ve got fatter fae to fry. Like the fact that I put my trust in the wrong person...
    Categorized as:
    magic  fae  humor  dark  paranormal  romance  fantasy  vampires
  • Hijinks by Nicholas Bella

    Hijinks by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "I've just discovered a few secrets about this new world I'm now a part of that both frightens and excites me." I just woke up from one hell of a night. My body was still tingling all over from the mind-blowing experience of what I went through. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to reflect on that... or even bask in it...
    Categorized as:
    dark  humor  lgbtq  magic  paranormal  adult  age-gap  audiobook
  • Wicked Whispers by Nina Bangs

    Wicked Whispers by Nina Bangs

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    All Ivy had ever wanted was a safe, secure life with no drama. Now she was working in an adult theme park where visitors came to role-play their wildest imaginings. She reminded herself to stay focused on her job and to ignore everything else. The reminders didn’t work. One man drew her...
    Categorized as:
    dark  fae  humor  magic  paranormal  adult  book  dark-fantasy
  • Dark Magic by Cheyenne McCray

    Dark Magic by Cheyenne McCray

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    **Author note below Jake Macgregor, San Francisco's head of the Paranormal Special Forces Unit, has his hands full. He and his team face a powerful enemy threatening to bring down the City by the Bay. With the weight of the world already resting on his broad shoulders, and after a long, hard day's fight against evil, the last thing he has time for is romance...
    Categorized as:
    dark  fae  magic  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  dark-fantasy
  • Dying with Her Cheer Pants On by Seanan McGuire

    Dying with Her Cheer Pants On by Seanan McGuire

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Despite its humble origins, there is no more challenging or physically dangerous teen sport in the world than cheerleading. Cheerleaders are seriously injured and even killed at a higher rate than other high school sports. Their stunts are performed in skimpy uniforms without the benefit of proper safety equipment…and yet they love them, glittery eyeshadow, spirit bows, and all...
  • The Wonderful Adventures of Geoffrey Scrutinous by Derek Landy

    The Wonderful Adventures of Geoffrey Scrutinous by Derek Landy

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A short story written by Derek Landy dedicated to the winner of the character competition, Charlie Smith, containing the winning entry of "Geoffrey Scrutinous"...
  • Heroic Hearts by Jim Butcher

    Heroic Hearts by Jim Butcher

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    An all-star urban fantasy collection featuring short stories from #1 New York Times bestselling authors Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs, Charlaine Harris, Kelley Armstrong, and more . . .In this short story collection of courage, adventure, and magic, heroes--ordinary people who do the right thing--bravely step forward.But running toward danger might cost them everything. . .
  • Reunion by Ariana Nash

    Reunion by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    After a vicious storm delivers Eroan and Lysander's battered ship to the new world, where elves are in power and dragons must follow the law, the peace seems almost too good to be true. Until Lysander ends up on the wrong side of those laws, and discovers the real reason Eroan brought him half way around the world: The brother he thought was dead, is very much alive. *** Akiem is missing...
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    dark  fae  lgbtq  magic  paranormal  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Wicked Memories by Nina Bangs

    Wicked Memories by Nina Bangs

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Return to the Castle of Dark Dreams, where USA Today bestselling author Nina Bangs lures readers into a world of pleasure, adventure, and revenge…Thorn Mackenzie was a young Viking when he met Sparkle Stardust long ago. She used him and then abandoned him. Over a thousand years later, he has finally found a way to repay her...
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    dark  humor  magic  paranormal  adult  book  dark-fantasy  fiction
  • Dark Liaison by J.D. Brown

    Dark Liaison by J.D. Brown

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ema Marx wishes her life would go back to normal, but there’s nothing normal about being a Romani-Vampyre with an ancestor who wants you dead. Apollyon is back, wreaking havoc on the lives of everyone she cares about while plotting her demise.Ema thought she would find a new best friend in her trainer, Bridget, until the exotic vampire vies for Jesu’s attention...
    Categorized as:
    dark  magic  paranormal  audiobook  book  dark-fantasy  fiction  horror
  • Filthy Secrets by Stacey Brutger

    Filthy Secrets by Stacey Brutger

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    WARRIOR NUNS ARE NOT BORN, BUT FORGED THROUGH BLOOD, SWEAT, AND DEATH. WHO KNEW RISING FROM THE DEAD WOULD COME WITH SO MANY RESPONSIBILITIES!Ten years ago my parents were murdered by monsters, and I vowed vengeance. Marked as an irredeemable child, I was sent to a convent to cure me of the delusion that monsters are real...
  • Carousel Seas by Sharon Lee

    Carousel Seas by Sharon Lee

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sequel to National Bestseller Carousel Sun. A gripping contemporary fantasy thriller from master storyteller Sharon Lee, award-winning cocreator of the highly popular Liaden Universe® saga...
  • The Secret of the Dread Forest by Gillian Summers

    The Secret of the Dread Forest by Gillian Summers

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Now that she has (sort of) defeated a diabolical elf, Keelie Heartwood reluctantly joins her father in the Dread Forest. Her "real" friends are gone, her dad is preoccupied with his new responsibilities as Lord of the Forest and now it seems that her budding romance with the hunky Sean is dashed...
  • Vision Quest by Ben Reeder

    Vision Quest by Ben Reeder

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Summer vacation isn’t all fun and hanging out when you’re a wizard-in-training. For partly reformed warlock Chance Fortunato, it’s even worse. In addition to the constant study and training, he has to prove he’s ready to be a full-fledged apprentice before he starts at the Franklin Academy. Plus, he’s beginning to think someone has it out for him...
    Categorized as:
    dark  fae  humor  magic  paranormal  audiobook  book  coming-of-age
  • Blood Moon by C.L. Bevill

    Blood Moon by C.L. Bevill

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sage Ingram has been changed to a werecougar against her will, kidnapped, and locked in Under, a magickal place with monstrous creatures so alarming, she’s shaking in her paws.Per Forester, a Cat Clan Warrior, has just come back from another mission to find Emma Lucia, his clan’s Second, returned from being hunted by vicious humans...
    Categorized as:
    dark  fae  paranormal  adult  book  dark-fantasy  fiction  kidnapping
  • Etched in Silver by Yasmine Galenorn

    Etched in Silver by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A novella set in NEW YORK TIMES bestselling Yasmine Galenorn’s Otherworld series.Camille D’Artigo, a wicked-good witch and an Otherworld supernatural agent, is on the trail of a sadistic serial killer, when an unexpected—and dangerously seductive—ally comes to her aid, setting in motion a magical ritual that may end up binding them together, body and soul...
    Categorized as:
    dark  fae  magic  paranormal  adult  anthologies  dark-fantasy  fiction
  • Bright Ruin by Vic James

    Bright Ruin by Vic James

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Magically gifted aristocrats rule--and commoners are doomed to serve. But a rebellion threatens the old order. The dystopian trilogy that began with Gilded Cage and Tarnished City concludes...
  • Ever Fire by Alexia Purdy

    Ever Fire by Alexia Purdy

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Magic & Fire burn...The Serenity of the Land of Faerie is threatened as the Unseelie Queen Aveta rages war against the three remaining Seelie Realms of Faerie. As Shade's powers grow, she finds she is running out of time to keep the war from spilling into the human world. Winter is growing in strength as the evil Queen's horrifying legions scar the land in their frigid wake. No one is safe...
  • Skeleton Song by Seanan McGuire

    Skeleton Song by Seanan McGuire

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Children have always disappeared under the right conditions—slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere . . . else. Adventures are always interesting, but they’re not always happy.From the worlds of Wayward Children comes a story of love, of devotion, of bones wrapped in flesh...
    Categorized as:
    magic  paranormal  lgbtq  dark  romance  fantasy  young-adult  fiction
  • The Shades of Time and Memory by Storm Constantine

    The Shades of Time and Memory by Storm Constantine

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A young harling comes of age in the ruined City of Ghosts, unaware of his heritage and the secrets his father has kept for so long. In the city of Immanion, Calanthe has ousted Thiede from power and a new age has dawned for Wraeththukind; the reverberations of its arrival shake every corner of the earth...
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    dark  lgbtq  magic  paranormal  adult  book  dark-fantasy  dystopia
  • Beneath the Loch by S.D. Simper

    Beneath the Loch by S.D. Simper

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Beneath the Loch: A Novella: A Dark Lesbian RomanceAs a child, Mairi made a deal with a young fae - a kiss in exchange for gills.Now, betrothed to a man she hardly knows, Mairi is desperate to escape her fate. When she finds that same fae at the river's edge, she's offered a proposal that makes her skin grow cold . . . and her blood run hot.Romance meets horror in this lesbian fairytale...
    Categorized as:
    dark  fae  lgbtq  magic  paranormal  wlw  adult  book
  • imPerfect Fae by C.N. Rowan

    imPerfect Fae by C.N. Rowan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Body-jacking a legendary assassin when I’m running on empty. No problem, right?After the last few misadventures, I’m not so much broken as ruined, a shell of my former self. But I can’t stop. The trail of those who betrayed me is getting cold, and if I’m going to get any answers, I need to follow it, and now.Except it leads to Faerie. And the way is barred to all but the Fae...
  • Crown of Darkness by Bec McMaster

    Crown of Darkness by Bec McMaster

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Thiago and Iskvien survived a dangerous curse, but will they survive the coming war?Princess Iskvien made a dangerous bargain with an ancient goddess in order to break her mother’s curse. Now she must find the Crown of Shadows within a year, or the goddess will take her firstborn child.Thiago—her heart and soul—stands at her side, but their love has never been tested like this...
  • Bad Santa by Mina Carter

    Bad Santa by Mina Carter

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    She’s finally free… if she can stay alive. Freed from marriage to a brutal pixie warlord by his death, Joy knows her life could be counted in weeks… days probably. her husband’s death put a price on her head as every pixie warrior in the city plots to claim her and take her husbands place as Lord. Surviving long after that… yeah, she’s not that stupid...
  • Beautiful Nightmares by K.J. Sutton

    Beautiful Nightmares by K.J. Sutton

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    "Monster, monster, come out to play. Monster, monster, I’ve been waiting all day."In the space of a single day, everything Fortuna thought she knew was exposed as lies and illusion. Alliances have shifted and roles are forever changed. And she now finds herself a prisoner in the Seelie Court. It is here that Fortuna learns the board for this game is even bigger than she believed...
    Categorized as:
    dark  fae  lgbtq  magic  paranormal  adult  book  dark-fantasy
  • Who Needs Enemies  (Harri Phillecky, PI) by Keri Arthur

    Who Needs Enemies (Harri Phillecky, PI) by Keri Arthur

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Harriet Phillecky is a rare part elf, part siren and wanted by neither race. Not that she really cares. A successful news photographer turned paranormal investigator, she now has a 'family' of friends that includes ogres who constantly raid her refrigerator and take over her TV, and a dragon who drinks far too much for his own good...
  • The Sorcery Trial by Claire Luana, J.A. Armitage

    The Sorcery Trial by Claire Luana, J.A. Armitage

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Welcome to The Faerie Race—an epic adventure through a realm as compelling as it is deadly… Fame. Fortune. Your most extravagant wish granted. These are the prizes promised to the team that wins The Faerie Race, the first and only reality television show to venture into the dangerous realm of the fae. But that’s not why Jacqueline Cunningham wants in...
  • Infusion by Kelley Armstrong

    Infusion by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    No longer available online - now inMen of the OtherworldAbout Jeremy's...
  • Into the Woods: Tales from the Hollows and Beyond by Kim Harrison

    Into the Woods: Tales from the Hollows and Beyond by Kim Harrison

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Enter the Woods...If You DareFor centuries, the woods have been a pivotal part of the wonder and danger of fairy tales, for once you enter anything can happen...
  • Cursed to Death by L.A. Banks

    Cursed to Death by L.A. Banks

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Secret government operative Sasha Trudeau arrives at the scene of a murder, only to discover that a Fae creature has been killed—in a whole new kind of way. What is the meaning behind this mysterious ritualistic killing? What did the victim do to deserve it? Sasha fears that the Vampires and Unseelies have formed an unholy alliance…and they're ready to unleash their darkest arsenal of magick yet...
  • The Gain by L.L. Frost

    The Gain by L.L. Frost

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Adie’s life is a slippery slope she just can’t gain traction on. Every time she finds a foothold, she’s yanked back down to the bottom. Only this time, she knows who to blame for her most recent disaster. And revenge is at the top of her list, just as soon as she convinces K&B Financial to finally sign the loan she needs for her bakery...
    Categorized as:
    dark  humor  magic  paranormal  adult  book  dark-fantasy  demons
  • Pale Moon by Elizabeth Kelly

    Pale Moon by Elizabeth Kelly

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Unlike his siblings, Nicholas Williams has no desire to find a mate. But when a group of strange Lycans arrive at his home, bringing with them a human woman named Max, Nicky finds himself oddly attracted to her. On a dangerous quest to the outskirts to save his birth father's life, Nicholas is drawn to Max in a way he does not understand...
    Categorized as:
    dark  fae  humor  magic  paranormal  adult  apocalyptic  book
  • Hell and Earth by Elizabeth Bear

    Hell and Earth by Elizabeth Bear

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The reigns of two Queens in two different worlds may come to an end. In the iron world, conspiracy and subterfuge within England's royal courts threaten Elizabeth's power. In the Faerie realm, Mab, bound by magic to her sister sovereign, finds herself weakened as well. Now, the fate of two worlds lies in the hands of two clever wordsmiths..
  • Between by P.S. Power

    Between by P.S. Power

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Between:Having set up a successful business, helping beings move from one location to another in an instant, Zach Hartley has but one goal left in life. To find the demon that killed his father, and destroy him for all eternity. In order to do that, he must become someone else entirely.Something else.When you hunt demons, you can't let little things like sanity stop you though...
    Categorized as:
    dark  fae  humor  lgbtq  magic  paranormal  wlw  abuse
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