Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 10-07-13

The Moon Dwellers (The Dwellers Saga)

By David Estes / Genre: Action & Adventure, Teen, Young Adult / Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars (198 reviews)

The Moon Dwellers (The Dwellers Saga)

In a desperate attempt to escape destruction decades earlier, humankind was forced underground, into the depths of the earth, creating a new society called the Tri-Realms.

17-year-old Adele, a member of the middle-class moon dwellers, is unjustly sentenced to life in prison deep underground.

When a war breaks out within the Tri-Realms, Adele must escape from prison and seek to uncover her parents’ true past, armed with only a wicked roundhouse kick and two fists that have been well-trained for combat by her father.

In her world someone must die.

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Grave Consequences: A Novel (Grand Tour Series)

By Lisa T. Bergren / Genre: Romance, Religious Fiction / Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars (104 reviews)

Grave Consequences: A Novel (Grand Tour Series)

The Powerful, Epic Romance ContinuesFor Cora Kensington, the journey of a lifetime takes unexpected twists. And her future—her very life—depends on the decisions she’ll make at each crossroad. As her European tour with her newfound family takes her through Austria, France, and Italy, an unseen enemy trails close behind. Meanwhile, a forbidden love continues to claim her heart, putting everyone’s plans in danger. And as Cora stays one step ahead of it all, what might need the most protection is her own heart, torn between the dramatic pursuit of a dashing Frenchman and a man who has been quietly staking claim to her affections all along. Love has dangers all its own. She must escape the bonds of the past and discover the faith to make the right choices, as each one has grave consequences.

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Mad World: Epidemic

By Samaire Provost / Genre: Mystery & Thrillers / Rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars (51 reviews)

Mad World: Epidemic

“The Black Plague is ancient history. It killed 100 million people nearly seven centuries ago, halfway around the world from the technologically advanced research center at Stanford University. Scientists there have recently begun examining samples of bone marrow from plague-infected corpses unearthed in Europe. All the necessary safeguards are in place. What could go wrong?
Alyssa and Jake are away with their class on a highly anticipated year-end trip to Broadway with their senior acting class when all hell breaks loose at home. Traveling back, and trying to find their families, they encounter deadly results. Riots are breaking out. People are being evacuated. And they have no idea what’s happening to their families.
Horrific ordeals, heart-pounding tragedy, and chance encounters harden them for what lies ahead. Faced with tormenting decisions, they’re forced to follow their instinct for survival at any cost – even when the cost is a heart-wrenching decision of life or death.
A harrowing adventure of frightening discoveries, horrifying confrontations and narrow escapes in Epidemic, the first installment of the Mad World series.
Find out what’s got everyone so terrified.”

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Shades of Gray

By Carol A. Spradling / Genre: Historical Romance, Romance / Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars (31 reviews)

Shades of Gray

Mail order bride, Kat Bailey has more to fear than malicious rumors about a crazed murderer. But a woman with no money or family has few options. She quickly learns that her intended groom is not as honorable as Hampton society believes him to be. Beaten by her betrothed, she seeks refuge in the home of the most feared man in town.

Accused murderer, Grayson Gregory is more interested in guarding a family secret than clearing his name. When a broken and battered woman collapses on his doorstep, he is reminded of a torturous past he can’t escape. Kat may have opened old and festered wounds, but he can’t deny the fire she ignites in him.

Kat is determined to uncover the truth about Gray, regardless of what she finds. As their attraction to one another grows, Gray must confront his dark past in order to keep her safe. His secrets unfold, forcing him to choose between a new love, or to remain plagued by the demons of his past.

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Window

By T.M. Franklin / Genre: Short Stories / Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (26 reviews)

Window

Chloe Blake has a unique gift, an odd connection to her house that results in glimpses of the past, present, and future via the picture window in her living room. Unfortunately, it’s a gift that sometimes proves to be more of a curse. Especially when she tries to help out Ethan Reynolds, the gorgeous boy who lives across the street – an endeavor that, for some reason, always seems to backfire.

Or leave her covered in mud.

But the house is convinced Ethan’s life is in danger and Chloe’s the only one who can save him. The problem is, he thinks she’s more than a little crazy.

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Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 10-06-13

Lost and Found (Growing Pains #1)

By K.F. Breene / Genre: Contemporary, Romance / Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars (27 reviews)

Lost and Found (Growing Pains #1)

On the tail-end of her ex-boyfriend crashing through a restraining order and putting her in the hospital, Krista realizes that the only way to effectively escape her past is to put distance between it. She gets her life back on track in San Francisco with a job that has limitless potential.

Unfortunately, to achieve her dreams, she must brave the star of the company; a charming and handsome salesman that isn’t used to the word no. Krista tries to run from him at every turn, but his pull continually sucks her back in; her hesitancy to trust the only thing saving her from being another notch on a bedpost.

Sean never has to try with women. He’s the type of guy to jump in with both feet, get bored, and sprint right back out. But when a geeky new hire stumbles through the company, befuddling him with a keen intellect he doesn’t expect, he starts to lose his way. Before he knows it, all his efforts are concentrated around trying to capture the interest of the only woman to run when he tries to deliver a line. As she opens up, so does he, landing him in a terrain as disconcerting as it is invigorating.

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Twisted Arrangement

By Mora Early / Genre: Contemporary, Romance / Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars (31 reviews)

Twisted Arrangement

All Emma wanted to do was retrieve the family heirloom watch. The watch that her ne’er-do-well brother lost in a poker game to dashing gambler and renowned ladies man Joshua Owens.

She crashes a party at Joshua’s mansion, a party she knew about because of her job in the promotions business… and one she could lose if they ever found out she was doing this. But her job will become the least of her worries when an encounter with Joshua threatens to turn her entire life upside down.

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Valor (A Greystone Novel #1)

By Taylor Longford / Genre: Paranormal & Urban, Teen, Young Adult / Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (61 reviews)

Valor (A Greystone Novel #1)

When gargoyles last walked the earth eight hundred years ago, the proud race traveled in close-knit packs and could turn to stone at will. They were strong, beautiful creatures whose throats were marked with ancient runes. Throughout time, their greatest enemies were the ugly and brutal harpies that people today mistake for gargoyles.

Like all gargoyles, and the rest of his pack, Valor is driven by instinct to protect the people he cares about. So when he encounters a human girl for the first time in almost a thousand years, his first impulse is to keep her from harm. But Valor soon discovers that the greatest risk to MacKenzie’s safety is himself. Just one scratch from the poisonous barbs on his knuckles…and she’ll be lost to him forever.

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Shift: Book One (The Spiritus Chronicles)

By David Reynolds / Genre: Mystery & Thrillers / Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars (29 reviews)

Shift:  Book One (The Spiritus Chronicles)

Waring angels and demons destroying the neighborhood? Sandy thinks a night of baby-sitting five-year-old Cassie, who reads Dickens, will be fun, and that maybe she can get to the bottom of Cassie’s nightmares and a secret the little girl is hiding. When an experimental weather-control device falls off the Navy jet carrying it and it crashes just blocks away up in the hills, it ramps up, out of control, and they awake to a massive storm and utter darkness. With the power outage, the only working radio Sandy can find is one that her dear departed husband had stored in a metal drum of survival gear in the garage.

Sandy and Cassie learn that there is an exodus to the local Police Station for shelter because their chunk of town has been taken someplace else by the faulty apparatus that has borne them away in a bubble of time and space where angels and demons, or something, are fighting in the sky and on the ground. Cassie thinks that’s what they are because that is what they resemble. Others believe they are aliens at war and they are helplessly marooned with them.

Meanwhile, the military aparatus is outside The Zone attempting to undo the damage, even as virtually every branch of the Federal Government decends upon the coastal community of Ventura, California.

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Beyond the Pink Moon: A Memoir of Legacy, Loss and Survival (Special Edition)

By Nicki Boscia Durlester / Genre: Memoirs, Biographies & Memoirs / Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars (60 reviews)

Beyond the Pink Moon: A Memoir of Legacy, Loss and Survival (Special Edition)

In this touching, frank and informative memoir, Nicki Boscia Durlester intimately chronicles her transformational journey after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Her story begins with her mother, who was diagnosed with the disease in 1962: a time when breast cancer was only discussed behind closed doors, and long before women took an active role in their diagnosis and treatment.

Nicki provides unique insight into being part of a large Italian-American family afflicted with the BRCA2 gene, and shares poignant stories about her mother and aunts who faced breast and ovarian cancer with extraordinary grace and courage.

Nicki writes candidly about her frustration in finding the right team of doctors as well as the highs and lows of her journey, sharing humor and heart along the way. She puts a human face on statistics ranking breast cancer as the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women in the United States.

This deeply moving story of legacy, loss and ultimately survival is told through the eyes of a daughter who shared an unbreakable bond with her mother. As she travels the scary, unpredictable road through her own diagnosis, treatment and recovery, Nicki discovers the most difficult challenge she faces becomes the most spiritually transcendent experience of her life.

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Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 10-03-13

Amethyst (Jewel Trilogy, Book 1)

By Lauren Royal / Genre: Historical Fiction / Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (46 reviews)

Amethyst (Jewel Trilogy, Book 1)

Her hand was pledged to one man…
Her heart belonged to another…

London, 1666

Amethyst Goldsmith makes dazzling jewelry, but her future isn’t nearly as bright as the pieces she creates. Though custom dictates she wed her father’s apprentice, her heart rebels against the match. In mere days Amy will be condemned to a stifling, loveless marriage, and she sees no way out–until the devastating fire of 1666 sweeps through London, and tragedy lands her in the arms of a dashing nobleman who knows a diamond in the rough when he sees it…

Colin Chase, the Earl of Greystone, has his future all figured out. He’s restoring his crumbling castle and estate to its former glory, and the key to its completion is his rich bride-to-be. But the Great Fire lays waste to his plans, saddling him with trouble–in the form of a lowly shopkeeper’s daughter with whom he’s most inconveniently falling in love…

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EVREN: Enter the Dragonette

By Marian Tee / Genre: Coming of Age / Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars (88 reviews)

EVREN: Enter the Dragonette

Sixteen-year-old Deli Winters wakes up, dying. A voice asks her if she wants help, no matter the cost, and she agrees. The next thing she knows, a monster is bathing her in fire.

She has become Evren: immortals with dragons for souls.

Deli is pretty, bubbly, and stubbornly optimistic. She’s not what anyone would think the ideal girlfriend would be for someone like Lucian Chevalier, her gorgeous, aloof, and perpetually busy savior.

But Deli is in love with him and in between dodging the traps of Sanger High’s Queen Bee and working hard at becoming an ass-kicking Evren warrior chick to avenge her parents’ murders, Deli is determined to win Lucian’s heart…whether he likes it or not.

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Deadly Gamble: The First Charlie Parker Mystery (Charlie Parker Mystery Series)

By Connie Shelton / Genre: Women’s Fiction, Contemporary Fiction / Rating: 3.7 out of 5 stars (103 reviews)

Deadly Gamble: The First Charlie Parker Mystery (Charlie Parker Mystery Series)

In this debut mystery series novel, Charlie Parker, accountant and partner in an Albuquerque private investigation firm, is visited by her old school friend, Stacy North. Stacy’s Rolex watch is missing and she begs Charlie to help locate it before her husband finds out. Things are complicated by the fact that Stacy had been seeing another man, Gary Detweiller, and he’s the one she suspects of having stolen the watch. With a little detective work, Charlie retrieves the missing watch and all should be well. But three days later, Detweiller is murdered. All eyes turn to Stacy as the prime suspect.

Once again, Stacy begs Charlie’s help in proving her innocence. As she begins to ask questions, Charlie learns that Detweiller’s life was not as simple as first perceived and that any number of people had grievances against him. And before she can pinpoint the killer, her own life is in danger as well.

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Lady’s Revenge

By Tracey Devlyn / Genre: Regency, Historical Romance, Romance / Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars (23 reviews)

Lady's Revenge

A Lady’s Revenge is Devlyn’s debut novel and Book 1 of the Nexus series

A British agent flees her French captor’s torturous dungeon and falls in love with the decoder responsible for her imprisonment.

Nothing Gets Between a Lady and Her Vengence…

In a daring rescue, beautiful and wily secret operative Cora deBeau is reunited with her childhood friend Guy Trevelyan, who wants so much more from her now than friendship …

He’ll Stoke the Fire Until They Both Go Up In Flames…

But Cora’s mission against the French has become personal, and even the fire between her and Guy won’t deter her. When it comes to getting sweet, cruel revenge, nothing will stand in a lady’s way …

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Dead Radiance (A Valkyrie Novel – Book 1)

By T.G. Ayer / Genre: Mythology, Fantasy / Rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars (86 reviews)

Dead Radiance (A Valkyrie Novel - Book 1)

Bryn Halbrook had always seen the glow. But it is only when her best friend dies that she discovers the meaning of those beautiful golden auras–Death. Alone, lost in the foster system, she struggles to understand who she is and why she was cursed with the ability to see the soon-to-be-dead.

The new foster kid, Aidan, isn’t helping any. Mr. Perfect seems to fit in no matter what, making her feel even more pathetic. But when his affections turn to her, Bryn finds him hard to resist. Impossible, actually. A mystery himself, Aidan disappears, leaving behind a broken heart and a mysterious book that suggests Bryn might not be entirely human.

Bryn stands at the threshold of a journey of discovery. Will destiny help her find herself, find her purpose and her place in a world in which she’d never belonged?

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Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 10-02-13

Lengths

By Steph Campbell / Genre: Coming of Age / Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars (143 reviews)

Lengths

Nineteen-year-old Whit Conrad leaves her conservative Pennsylvania home for sunny California, looking for independence, a fresh start, and a place to stash her grief. She promptly finds a job at a tattoo parlor, a craptastic first apartment, and one friend—Ryan—who is a little less friend, a little more benefits.

Deo Beckett is a soulful surfer with a passion for tattoos and beautiful women. On the eve of his twenty-second birthday, he finds himself living with his grandfather, recently unemployed, and seriously adrift. He doesn’t know much about what he wants out of life, but he does know his current situation isn’t cutting it.

When Deo meets Whit, she’s all sexy makeup and fierce, smart-ass fun. It doesn’t take him long to see past her tough shell. And when he gets a good look at what’s under all the superficial stuff that usually gets his attention, it leaves Deo wondering if there might be more to life than living fast and free.

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Haven (War of the Princes)

By A. R. Ivanovich / Genre: Steampunk, Science Fiction / Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (384 reviews)

Haven (War of the Princes)

From missing socks to missing people, nothing could remain hidden from seventeen year-old Katelyn Kestrel for long, but after locating a forbidden passage out of her isolated country, Haven, she discovers for the first time that there are some things that should never be found.

Outside the safety of her homeland’s borders, Katelyn meets Rune, a young soldier who will die without her immediate aid. She never considered that helping him would lead to her capture. While being held prisoner by the handsome Lord Dylan Axton, she learns that the outside world is rife with war and controlled by people with extraordinary powers. It becomes clear that there was a very good reason the founders of Haven locked their people away from the rest of the world. The depth of her peril reaches a fever pitch when a ruthless Commander wants Katelyn dead. Her only hope is to return to Haven, but can she survive long enough to find her home?

HAVEN is an exciting young adult fantasy novel, set in a unique, rural steampunk world, by debut author A. R. Ivanovich.

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Homecoming, The (): A Novel

By Dan Walsh / Genre: Romance / Rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars (95 reviews)

Homecoming, The (): A Novel

No sooner is Shawn Collins home from the fighting in Europe than he is called upon to serve his country in another way–as a speaker on the war bond tour. While other men might jump at the chance to travel around the country with attractive Hollywood starlets, Shawn just wants to stay home with his son Patrick and the aging father with whom he has finally reconciled. When Shawn taps Katherine Townsend to be Patrick’s nanny while he’s on the road, he has no idea that she will be the key to his future happiness and the mending of his heart.
This heartwarming story of tender love and fresh starts will capture readers.

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Beach Blanket Santa (Holiday Brides Series)

By Ginny Baird / Genre: Humor / Rating: 3.8 out of 5 stars (33 reviews)

Beach Blanket Santa (Holiday Brides Series)

When Holiday Hearts Meet, Love’s in the Bag…
Three years ago, Sarah Anderson made a terrible mistake. After one too many glasses of champagne at her best friend’s wedding she woke up in bed with the best man. To make matters worse, he ran out on her and she never heard from him again. When Sarah’s gifted with Christmas week at her best friend’s beach house, the last person she expects to run into is the handsome heartbreaker. But it appears fate has ensured a mysterious double booking, and he was given a key to the same place. With a winter storm raging on their secluded barrier island, it seems they’re both trapped there together. Will their marooned status push them even farther apart, or heal past wounds and lead to a new start?

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Faces,Souls, And Painted Crows

By Rudi Unterthiner / Genre: Contemporary Fiction / Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (62 reviews)

Faces,Souls, And Painted Crows

“Faces, Souls, and Painted Crows” chronicles the life of the protagonist, Paul Reiter, from his humble beginnings in a war torn village in the Alps to a successful cosmetic surgery practice in Hollywood. The obstacles he encounters along the way shape and strengthen him, but also cause him to question his role as a surgeon who erases the wrinkles of time.
Attempting to justify this work with the rich and famous, he travels to the Baja peninsula on weekends to provide medical care to a poor Mexican village. Throughout the book we meet charming and unique characters from both worlds and witness the transformation of Dr. Reiter as he delves into the mysterious connection between the face and the soul and the healing power of forgiveness.

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Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 09-26-13

After Tuesday

By Renee Ericson / Genre: Coming of Age / Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars (61 reviews)

After Tuesday

Family really is a pain…especially when your father is an addict.

For the last two years, high school senior Ruby has been her own rock and solace. She has learned to depend only on herself and hides her family’s issues by keeping herself somewhat unnoticeable. Despite her isolation, Ruby has intrigued the affections of someone unexpected. She finds herself loving life once again as his persistence sparks a romance awakening a well-protected heart.

While Ruby’s relationship with her father is constantly teetering, her new-found affection continues to blossom into something more than she ever thought possible. Soon, Ruby comes to realize that opening up your heart means being susceptible to love and disappointment.

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From Chaos Born (The First Empress, Book 1)

By Michael R. Hicks / Genre: Military, Science Fiction / Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (103 reviews)

From Chaos Born (The First Empress, Book 1) (In Her Name)

For long millennia, the Kreelan race has been ruled by war. Countless civilizations have risen amidst bloody conflict before falling back into savagery, with total annihilation averted only by the unnatural powers of the warrior priests and priestesses of the ancient orders.

And then one day a mysterious warrior from a brooding fortress deep in the Great Wastelands began her bloody rise to power. Syr-Nagath, known as the Dark Queen, began a new war of conquest, secretly planning to destroy the ancient orders and resurrect the dark ways of the apocalyptic past.

What she did not anticipate was the birth of Keel-Tath, a child unlike any other. Keel-Tath’s birth was foretold in an ancient prophecy, and was destined to wield the great powers of all the ancient orders to unite her race across the Homeworld and among the stars.

But she could only fulfill her destiny if she lived…

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Last-Minute Love (Year of the Chick series)

By Romi Moondi / Genre: Humor / Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (61 reviews)

Last-Minute Love (Year of the Chick series)

What’s a girl to do when she meets the Internet man of her dreams, he’s better than she expected, but he lives an ocean away? And let’s not forget her parents,who are trying to lock her up in arranged-marriage doom…

In this fast-paced story of culture clash and romantic pursuits, there’s a big fat Indian wedding, the struggle to keep a long-distance flame alive, and an unexpected mystery man who could set a new course in motion.

All the while, our heroine abandons what was once an all-consuming man-search, which helps her remember the person she used to be, and the person she hopes to become; the history-loving nerd, the hopeless romantic, and the emerging author with dreams of ditching the corporate rat race.

This is the book of living in the moment, making the grand gesture, and putting it all on the line. This is when Romi Narindra comes alive…

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Valley of Chaya

By Tracey Hoffmann / Genre: Christian Fiction / Rating: 4.9 out of 5 stars (64 reviews)

Valley of Chaya

Life’s uncomplicated but difficult for Ashok and Shanti, they love each other more than anything else in the world and nothing is ever likely to change that. They’re a couple of street savy youngsters living in Mumbai with high expectations of a better life tomorrow. Their lives are changed in an instant when Shanti is snatched away by strangers.

At the same time Australian teenager Charlotte Turner is preparing to embark on a much dreamed about trip to India. Preparations become difficult and Charlotte leaves for India, but with very mixed emotions.

Valley of Chaya is a story that rasps every emotion and certain to stir any readers heart.

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Critical Failures (Caverns and Creatures)

By Robert Bevan / Genre: Comedy, Humor / Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (37 reviews)

Critical Failures (Caverns and Creatures)

Tim and his friends find out the hard way that you shouldn’t question the game master, and you shouldn’t make fun of his cape.

One minute, they’re drinking away the dreariness of their lives, escaping into a fantasy game and laughing their asses off. The next minute, they’re in a horse-drawn cart surrounded by soldiers pointing crossbows at them. 

Tim now has the voice and physique of a prepubescent girl. Dave finds that while he lost a foot or two in height, he somehow acquired a suit of armor and a badass beard. Julian’s ears have grown ridiculously long and pointy. And Cooper… well Cooper has gotten himself a set of tusks, a pair of clawed hands, and a bad case of the shits. He also finds that he’s carrying a bag with a human head in it – a head that he had chopped off when they were still just playing a game.

Shit just got real, and if they want to survive, these four friends are going to have to tap into some baser instincts they didn’t even know existed in their fast-food and pizza delivery world.

It’s fight, flight, or try to convince the people who are trying to kill them that they don’t really exist.

Meanwhile, a sadistic game master sits back in the real world eating their fried chicken.

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