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Junkyard Roadhouse by Faith Hunter
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJUNKYARD ROADHOUSE - novella 4Shining Smith stands on the brink of achieving her goals, and yet now she could lose everything.The presidents of four motorcycle clubs are coming to claim blood sacrifice and to ink her with motorcycle club tats. Her new roadhouse and its charter have to meet their approval or the roadhouse has no future, and neither does Shining...Categorized as:
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![Edge of Survival by Kyla Stone]()
Edge of Survival by Kyla Stone
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe nation is crumbling. The world is unraveling. The EMP is only the beginning... Three months after an EMP attack destroys the U.S. power grid, starvation, disease, and the brutal cold have killed millions. With the end of winter finally in sight, the town of Fall Creek, Michigan balances on the precipice of collapse. They have suffered and sacrificed...Categorized as:
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![Realm of the Raiders by Christopher Artinian]()
Realm of the Raiders by Christopher Artinian
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSAFE HAVEN: REALM OF THE RAIDERS A virus has swept across the planet turning people into flesh-craving zombies. The UK and Ireland were the last to fall, but now the virus has won. Cities are infested with the undead. To stay is to die. Having fled Leeds, Mike Fletcher and his family thought they had found a safe haven in the island village of Candleton...Categorized as:
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Third Shift: Pact by Hugh Howey
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe third and final chapter of the Shift saga. This is part 8 of the Silo Series, which began with Wool... -
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![Rise of the Ram's by Christopher Artinian]()
Rise of the Ram's by Christopher Artinian
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe planet has succumbed to a monstrous virus. Those who die from the infection return as savage predators hell-bent on spreading the virus to the rest of the human population. The UK and Ireland are the last hold-outs, but when the infrastructure supporting their self-imposed quarantine collapses, it's everyone for themselves. Mike Fletcher and his sister Emma live in Leeds... -
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Radicals by Frankie Rose
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRadicals is Book 2 in the Blood & Fire Series. A life of fire A life of blood A life of sacrifice When Kit ran from the Sanctuary, she left behind the ghosts of all those she killed. However, unlike the dead, the living she left behind aren’t so easily escaped. Her father and his men are searching for her, and they won’t stop until they find her...Categorized as:
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![The Girl Who Dared to Fight by Bella Forrest]()
The Girl Who Dared to Fight by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe ELECTRIFYING GRAND FINALE of The Girl Who Dared series! Reunite with Liana one last time..Categorized as:
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![The Girl Who Dared to Lead by Bella Forrest]()
The Girl Who Dared to Lead by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"Honorbound! Honorbound!""Congratulations, Champion Castell..."Return to the Tower in the EPIC fifth book of The Girl Who Dared series, where the Champion has been chosen... and Liana's courage will be put to the test like never before...Categorized as:
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The Girl Who Dared to Stand by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLiana Castell's journey continues in the breathtaking second book of The Girl Who Dared series...Categorized as:
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![Overfall by Marcus Richardson, Mike Kraus]()
Overfall by Marcus Richardson, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn unimaginable disaster. A country torn apart. A man who will stop at nothing to get home to his family.When a massive landslide in the Canary Islands sets off a mega-tsunami, the east coast of North America is square in its path. On a fishing trip off the coast of Maine, Reese Lavelle barely manages to make it to high ground when the wave hits...Categorized as:
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![Taken by the Hunter by Lynnea Lee]()
Taken by the Hunter by Lynnea Lee
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCONNIE I have a purple stalker. I don’t know what possessed me to hit the Xarc’n warrior with my bat, but now I have a stalker—a big purple stalker with fangs and horns. And to make things worse, I can’t go back to New Franklin.After my first night out on my own, I wake up all wrapped up and cuddly with a certain possessive hunter. He purrs like a giant cat and vows to protect me... -
![Wanted by the Hunter by Lynnea Lee]()
Wanted by the Hunter by Lynnea Lee
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNATALIE A knight in shining loincloth That’s what I’m looking for. I’ve been lusting after the Xarc’n hunters since they landed on Earth, offering to help us fight the alien bugs. These seven feet tall, musclebound warriors are horned, clawed, and fanged—the ultimate protectors. And Rajiv’k is the perfect specimen.Just one problem: I can’t fall in love... -
![The Wanted by Lauren Nicolle Taylor]()
The Wanted by Lauren Nicolle Taylor
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat would you be willing to sacrifice to get what you Wanted? It's the question facing both Rosa and Joseph as they are pushed and pulled in unimaginable directions.It's the question Superior Grant answered with a resounding, -Anything and everything.-The only thing they want is to be back in each other's arms...Categorized as:
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![Devil's Haircut by Sam Sisavath]()
Devil's Haircut by Sam Sisavath
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTHE DEVIL ALWAYS GETS HIS DUE.Keo has tried to stay out of it, but five years in the wild have only led him back to the one place he dreaded most--alongside a woman from his past and fighting someone else's cause. Except this is one war he can't turn his back on. What's a reformed mercenary to do?Lara didn't want this. Not another war to fight... -
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![Yellowstone Fallout by Bobby Akart]()
Yellowstone Fallout by Bobby Akart
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsYellowstone was not an ordinary volcano.It was a cannon of immense size, equal in destructive capability to all of mankind's nuclear weapons - combined.It was quite frankly, Earth's greatest killer...Categorized as:
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![This Would Be Paradise: Book 2 by N.D. Iverson]()
This Would Be Paradise: Book 2 by N.D. Iverson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCommunity connotes safety and togetherness--or does it? Bailey and Chloe head back on the road, where they come across strange markings belonging to a group intent on bloodshed and abduction. With this heinous enemy lurking in the shadows, they seek help in new and old friends along the way. When they arrive at Hargrove, nothing is what it seems inside the makeshift, post-apocalyptic community... -
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As The World Dies Untold Tales Volume 3 by Rhiannon Frater
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the third volume of the AS THE WORLD DIES UNTOLD TALES experience three terrifying tales of those who are forced to face the unrelenting and hungry walking dead.Returning to Texas after celebrating his divorce in Vegas, Rune, a biker cursed with the ability to see ghosts, discovers that the world is being taken over by the hungry undead...Categorized as:
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![Feral Recruit by Ginger Booth]()
Feral Recruit by Ginger Booth
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe survived. That's not good enough.When Ebola struck Manhattan, Ava Panic was a bright high school sophomore. Two years later, Ava's still kicking. Also hitting, biting, and gouging eyes.Nine out of ten didn't make it. Half the survivors are feral teens like Ava. During the Starve, their gangs terrorized the city...Categorized as:
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Flame Road by Toby Neal, Emily Kimelman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe can’t remember her past. He’s been running from his for too long. As Scorch flu ravages the nation, Cash Luciano escapes to the forest and hikes toward his family’s survival compound. His past haunts him even in the quiet of nature. Dedicating his life to helping others hasn’t eased the guilt. Will he ever be free?She awakens in the woods with no memories...Categorized as:
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California by Jamie Lee Grey
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is an alternate cover edition of ASIN B07R9WJ81Q Flames will destroy. Planes will fall from the sky. Bombs will detonate. And that’s just the first day. Katie and Zach Nelson are looking forward to celebrating their anniversary with a relaxing camping trip on the California coast. But terrorists have other plans for the weekend. Like torching the place... -
![Uprising by Heather Sunseri]()
Uprising by Heather Sunseri
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA thin line separates life from death, freedom from oppression. One misstep. One wrong choice.When Cricket Black is purposely exposed to Bad Sam, she must choose: fight New Caelum’s stranglehold on its citizens’ freedom or succumb to the hopelessness of the lethal virus...Categorized as:
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![Worlds Collide by S.M. McEachern]()
Worlds Collide by S.M. McEachern
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCenturies old secrets and forbidden love collide in the action-packed sequel to Sunset Rising. S.M. McEachern knows how to keep the story going. Worlds Collide is a gripping tale that glues you to your seat!" Amazon Reviewer "Worlds Collide blew me away! I honestly have not been able to experience a book the way I have with this one in a very long time...Categorized as:
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![New World Order: Sunset Rising Book Three by S.M. McEachern]()
New World Order: Sunset Rising Book Three by S.M. McEachern
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Biodome has been liberated, the slaves have been freed, and a new democratic government has been formed. Yet tensions between the Pit and the Dome have never been higher. With the disappearance of Senator Jack Kenner, the old regime makes a political move to reestablish their government...Categorized as:
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![Standing at the Edge by William Alan Webb, J. Gunnar Grey]()
Standing at the Edge by William Alan Webb, J. Gunnar Grey
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNick Angriff’s ultimate enemy finally takes the stage and the 7th Cavalry will never be the same. Operation Overtime has come through its first winter in post-Collapse America in better shape than expected. Food is plentiful, the city of Prescott is healing, and there’s even a battalion of new recruits for the Marines...Categorized as:
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![Black Hills Fall by Robyn VanDerSys, L.A. Bayles]()
Black Hills Fall by Robyn VanDerSys, L.A. Bayles
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMike and Angie Davis were just regular people who enjoyed the outdoors in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Their little community, hidden away in the pines, was the perfect place to raise a family—until everything, everywhere, went dark.The nearby town of Spearfish had always been quiet and peaceful... -
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Lost Hope by Nathan Hystad
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe Unknowns have arrived.The Believers have attuned.Hope is lost.Rex Walker has returned to Earth only to discover it under attack. Time has run out.With the assistance of his new allies, Rex and his friends race to prevent a widespread invasion. Not to mention save his sister and best friend Marcus from the ultimate sacrifice...Categorized as:
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![Hard Rain Falling by William Allen]()
Hard Rain Falling by William Allen
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAmy and Luke have survived four months in a savage land completely disrupted by the massive power outage, but this last leg of their journey will demand all of their courage as the pair navigate a desperate landscape. Now, new factions begin to take action and sudden violence signals a change in someone’s policies... -
![Water & Storm Country by David Estes]()
Water & Storm Country by David Estes
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsHuck Jones, the son of the admiral of the Soaker fleet, has a legacy to live up to. Haunted by the distorted memories of his mother's untimely death, he must face his demons and the man who raised him as he strives to take the courageous step forward into manhood...Categorized as:
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New World by Grace Hamilton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey’ll protect what’s theirs—or die trying. The McDonald clan have learned their lessons the hard way these last months. Shane and Jodi finally realize they must keep their reunited family close and protect their own above all others to survive in this new post-apocalyptic reality...Categorized as:
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![Long Empty Roads by Sean Patrick Little]()
Long Empty Roads by Sean Patrick Little
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter a hard, cold winter, Twist is no longer willing to struggle to live in Wisconsin. The time has come for him to move south. There he will begin to rebuild life after the viral apocalypse. The world he knew is changing, however. Nature is slowly reclaiming the land. Exotic animals released from zoos roam freely. Stores of food, once fresh and plentiful, are beginning to spoil...Categorized as:
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![The Sun Dwellers by David Estes]()
The Sun Dwellers by David Estes
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIncludes a bonus Dwellers Short Story (Anna's Story) and a sneak peek at David Estes' follow up YA dystopian series, Fire Country!With those she's closest to dying around her, Adele embarks on a secret mission to the Sun Realm to assassinate the President. Along the way she'll uncover secrets about her relationship with Tristan that she might not be ready to face...Categorized as:
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![The Wounded by Lauren Nicolle Taylor]()
The Wounded by Lauren Nicolle Taylor
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsYou think you’re in control. That it’s your hands on the reins. But I’m starting to think either someone else is driving, or the reins are attached to nothing. Just flapping and snapping in the breeze. What could be simple, never is.Rosa doesn’t want to get used to being separated from Joseph, from Orry...Categorized as:
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![Spacer by J.A. Sutherland]()
Spacer by J.A. Sutherland
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJon Bartlett's path is clear before him: finish his last year of schooling, then off on the family's ships to learn the intricacies of interstellar trade. But a message of tragedy at home comes for him, and his expected life is flung far out of reach and he's cast into a role he never wanted. A portion of Spacer was previously published as the short story Wronged, by J.A... -
![Escape From Armageddon by Darrell Maloney]()
Escape From Armageddon by Darrell Maloney
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe author of the best selling novel "The Secession of Texas" brings you "Final Dawn," an apocalyptic love story.What would you do if you finally found the love of your life, and were making plans to spend eternity with them - and then found out that eternity was only two years? Mark is a romantic and carefree young engineer, and a bit of a cornball. His beloved Hannah is a beautiful scientist...Categorized as:
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![Dauntless by Tarah Benner]()
Dauntless by Tarah Benner
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDon’t miss the electrifying conclusion to the Lawless Saga! Lark is on the run again, pursued by the same agents who betrayed her. She broke the rules. She has blood on her hands. And she has something they want desperately. When the gang’s helicopter crash-lands in the Rio Grande, all their troubles come to a head. Soren is haunted by his discovery at Cheyenne Mountain... -
![Carrier by Anne Tibbets]()
Carrier by Anne Tibbets
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwenty-two -year-old Naya has spent nearly half her life as a sex slave in a government institution called The Line. When she’s kicked out after getting pregnant with twins, she’s got no way to earn a living and a horrifying choice to make: find someone to replace her, or have her babies taken in her stead.A doctor with a history of aiding ex-Line girls, Ric Bennett, wants to help...Categorized as:
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Reclaim by Casey L. Bond
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Greaters have ruled over the Lessers since The Fall. They’ve taken Abby’s family. They’ve taken her friends. They’ve taken her hostage and threatened the villages. Enough is enough. Freedom is worth fighting for. Love is worth dying for. And the Lessers are done taking orders from the Greaters. Reclaim…the epic conclusion of the award-winning Harvest Saga...Categorized as:
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![Titan's Rise by Rhett C. Bruno]()
Titan's Rise by Rhett C. Bruno
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTitan has declared its freedom from Earth. Keeping it is another story. After inciting rebellion against Earth throughout Titan's off-world colonies, Kale Trass learns that leadership isn't only about fighting. Keeping control of his people--even his own family--requires a different set of skills... -
![Infiltrator by Peter R. Stone]()
Infiltrator by Peter R. Stone
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor eighteen-year-old Ethan Jones, Nanako, and the surviving members of his foraging team, the trip back to Newhome is a nightmarish journey fraught with danger.When they do get back to Newhome, Nanako's dreams of a normal life are shattered when Ethan's jilted ex-fiancé makes it her personal goal to turn Nanako's life into a living hell...Categorized as:
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![Exodus by Courtney McPhail]()
Exodus by Courtney McPhail
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn 2017, the course of human history was forever altered. A cataclysmic event, which would come to be known simply as The Infection, swept across the globe. The world population was decimated and civilization as it was known came to an end. All Malcolm Evans wants is to find his sister and her kids and get them some place safe... -
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Fire Dancer by Ann Maxwell
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRheba is the sole survivor of a blaze that destroyed her planet, and Kirtn is the Bre'n warrior sworn to protect the exquisite, sensual fire dancer on a perilous journey to a far-off planet. Reprint...Categorized as:
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![Lifeless by Tarah Benner, Jennifer O'Donnell]()
Lifeless by Tarah Benner, Jennifer O'Donnell
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe world as they know it is gone. Survival is the only law.When Lark and Soren escaped from San Judas, all they wanted was their freedom. Soren was desperate to rescue his younger brother from an abusive guardian, and Lark ached for a fresh start in life. What they found instead was a world destroyed — a country ravaged by drought, famine, and violent storms... -
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As the Ash Fell by A.J. Powers
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLife in the frozen wastelands of Texas is anything but easy, but for Clay Whitaker there is always more at stake than mere survival. It’s been seven years since the ash billowed into the atmosphere, triggering some of the harshest winters in recorded history. Populations are thinning. Food is scarce. Despair overwhelming... -
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New World Inferno by Jennifer Wilson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWorlds collide in the third and final installment of the gripping New World Series by Bestselling Author Jennifer Wilson. Returning to discover their home engulfed in the flames of Tribal war, Phoenix, Mouse and Triven find themselves facing the impossible...Categorized as:
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![Resist by Casey L. Bond]()
Resist by Casey L. Bond
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAbby Kelley returns home from the Greater city of Olympus to find that things in Orchard Village are bad, very bad. The Olympian Guard has taken over village affairs. The Lessers are being worked to the bone in the coldest winter Orchard has seen. Villagers are being dragged away for the slightest indication of what they call “resistance.” She needs to keep her head down and her mouth shut... -
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Maelstrom by Susanna Strom
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs our band of survivors flee the city, we cling to one hope: Danger lies behind us, not ahead. A safe haven beckons, if only we can reach it. New dangers threaten us from every side. We struggle to hold on to each other, to love, to hope, and to the promise of tomorrow... -
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Echo in Time by C.J. Hill
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTaylor and Joseph are part of a team sent to Traventon to destroy the QGPs and, perhaps, Reilly, on a mission that could endanger Taylor's twin and Joseph's girlfriend, Sheridan, but reunite them with Joseph's supposedly dead twin, Echo...Categorized as:
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Forsaken by Jessica Sorensen
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter Reece, Ryder, and Blaise rescued me from the channels, I thought my imprisoned fate had changed. But during our journey back to the station, we’re captured by the Forsaken.The Forsaken are known for killing their prisoners, but a fate much worse than death is waiting for us at their camp. If we want to survive, we’ll have to find a way to escape...Categorized as:
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![Holding Their Own V: The Alpha Chronicles by Joe Nobody, D.A.L.H.]()
Holding Their Own V: The Alpha Chronicles by Joe Nobody, D.A.L.H.
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWord of Alpha's recovery spreads throughout the region. The news is welcomed by most - but not all. Some see the small Texas town as a threat, others want to dominate the prosperous community. Often, it's difficult to discern friend from foe, and miscommunication can be deadly. The legendary range wars of the early American West were brutal, bloody affairs... -
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Roar and Liv by Veronica Rossi
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBefore Perry and Aria, there was Roar and Liv.After a childhood spent wandering the borderlands, Roar finally feels like he has a home with the Tides. His best friend Perry is like a brother to him, and Perry's sister, Liv, is the love of his life. But Perry and Liv's unpredictable older brother, Vale, is the Blood Lord of the Tides, and he has never looked kindly on Roar and Liv's union...
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