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Angel:  Garry D. Kilworth

A six-month rash of unexplained arsons confounds the police. Detectives Dave Peters and Danny Spitz--the D & D team--are assigned to the fire-chasing patrol. They become personally involved when Dave's wife and son die in a department-store fire, one of many triggered by an almond-scented, revenge-seeking angel, who has come to earth as a demon hunter, a search-and-destroy army of one determined to annihilate fallen angels.

ORDER # S510-1   $14-50   ISBN 9780765365620

 

Chimera:  Thurman, Rob.

Rescuing his long-lost brother from the Russian Mafia, Stefan Korsack discovers that his brother is no longer his brother, but a trained, genetically altered killing machine whose creators will not let go without a fight - to the death.

ORDER # S510-2   $14-50   ISBN 9780451463425

 

House of Suns:  Alastair Reynolds

Six million years ago, at the dawn of the star-faring era, Abigail Gentian fractured herself into a thousand male and female clones, which she called shatterlings. She sent them out into the galaxy to observe and document the rise and fall of countless human empires. Since then, every two hundred thousand years, they gather to exchange news and memories of their travels. Only this millennium there will be no gathering.

ORDER # S510-3   $14-50   ISBN 9780441018864

 

Close Contact (Alien Affairs: 02):  Allred, Katherine.

When the Bureau of Alien Affairs discovers that she has skills and psi abilities unlike no other Genetically Engineered Person, Echo Adams, forced to become a special agent, is sent to Madrea where she must hunt for a stolen quartz crystal and eliminate the bad guys.

ORDER # S510-4   $14-50   ISBN 9780061672439

 

Is Anybody Out There?:  Gevers, Nick & Halpern, Marty.

Featuring contributions from Alex Irvine, Michael Arsenault, Mike Resnick and Kristine Kathryn Rusch, this collection of original stories explores the possibilities of intelligent life in the universe.

ORDER # S510-5   $14-50   ISBN 9780756406196

 

Eye of the Storm (Posleen War):  Ringo, John.

The newest instalment in a critically acclaimed series sees General Michael O'Neal facing his biggest challenge yet as a new invasion from a previously unknown race threatens the Federation capital.

ORDER # S510-6   $14-50   ISBN 9781439133620

 

Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd Century America:  Wilson, Robert Charles.

As the United States struggles back to prosperity in the 22nd Century, the dashing Captain Commongold faces treachery and intrigue while being at fatal odds with the hierarchy of the Dominion for his beliefs in the doctrines of the Secular Ancients.

ORDER # S510-7   $14-50   ISBN 9780765359230

 

Omen (Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: 02):  Golden, Christie

This second novel in a Star Wars story arc stars Luke, Han, Leia, and the other heroes of the New Jedi Order and the Legacy of the Force and follows the first installment in the series, Outcast.

ORDER # S510-8   $14-50   ISBN 9780345509130

 

Year's Best SF 15:  Hartwell, David G. & Cramer, Kathryn

This latest selection of outstandingly innovative short-form science fiction stories, originally published in magazines during 2009, showcases the talents of such authors as Stephen Baxter, Joe Haldeman, Nancy Kress and Bruce Sterling.

ORDER # S510-9   $14-50   ISBN 9780061721755

 

Cheat the Grave: The Fifth Sign of the Zodiac: Pettersson, Vicki.

In order to save a child - and a city - Las Vegas socialite and otherworldly avenger Joanna Archer, abandoning her powers, embraces mortality even though she is bound to a prophecy that condemns her to roam a nightmare landscape that ordinary humans cannot see nor enter.

ORDER # S510-10   $14-50   ISBN 9780061456770

 

The Children of Húrin:  Tolkien, J. R. R. Ed by Christopher Tolkien: Illus by Alan Lee.

From the best- selling author of The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy comes an action-packed fantasy adventure saga, set in the early days of Middle-Earth, in which humans and elves, dwarves and dragons and orcs and dark sorcerers clash in an epic battle between good and evil.

ORDER # S510-11   $14-50   ISBN 9780345518842

 

Daemon's Mark (Nocturne City: 05):  Kittredge, Caitlin.

When someone - or something - sets fire to the homes of Nocturne City's most infamous non-humans, and strange, otherworldly creatures no one has ever seen before wreak havoc throughout the city, werewolf homicide detective Luna Wilder calls upon federal agent Will Fagin for help in stopping the destruction.

ORDER # S510-12   $14-50   ISBN 9780312943660

 

Hollow Crown (Crosspointe: 04):  Francis, Diana Pharaoh

After the king and queen are murdered, and the ruthless lord chancellor takes over the throne, making slaves of the royal family, the king's heirs are determined to rally whatever allies they have left and overthrow the lord chancellor before the Jutras invade.

ORDER # S510-13   $14-50   ISBN 9780451463395

 

Dark Oracle:  Williams, Alayna.

When Delphi's Daughters, an ancient secret society, needs her help in locating a missing scientist, disfigured and reclusive profiler Tara, who combines science with her skill at Tarot card divination, agrees to help and soon discovers that there is much more at stake than just one man's life.

ORDER # S510-14   $14-50   ISBN 9781439182796

 

Land of Burning Sands (Griffin Mage: 02):  Neumeier, Rachel

When his kingdom is defeated by the neighboring country of Feierabiand, Gereint Enseichen of Casmantium uses this opportunity to escape from his own servitude and becomes trapped in a desperate struggle between the griffins and the last remaining Casmantian mage.

ORDER # S510-15   $14-50   ISBN 9780316072793

 

Inhuman Resources (Occult Special Investigation: 03):  Battis, Jes.

While investigating the murder of a powerful necromancer, Occult Special Investigator Tess Corday is pitted against old enemies and drawn into forbidden realms where she is confronted by a dark truth that changes her world forever.

ORDER # S510-16   $14-50   ISBN 9780441018840

 

Magic Bleeds (Kate Daniels: 04):  Andrews, Ilona.

When she is called in to investigate a skirmish at the Steel Horse, a bar on the border between the territories of the shape-shifters and the necromancers, Kate Daniels, a liaison with the mercenary guild, discovers that a new player in town might be too much for even her to handle.

ORDER # S510-17   $14-50   ISBN 9780441018529

 

Moon Sworn (Riley Jenson Guardian: 09):  Arthur, Keri.

After her soul mate is killed, shape-shifting werewolf and vampire Riley Jenson takes on a new case that forces her to go up against an enemy from her past who is determined to strip Riley of everything that gives her life meaning, in the final installment of a nine-book series.

ORDER # S510-18   $14-50   ISBN 9780440245711

 

No Werewolves Allowed (Night Tracker):  McGray, Cheyenne

When she is hired by Alpha Werewolf Dmitri Beketov to find several missing Werewolves, P.I. Nyx, along with Detective Adam Boyd, comes face-to-face with an evil force that is exterminating paranorms and 'unworthy' humans alike.

ORDER # S510-19   $14-50   ISBN 9780312946425

 

Naamah's Kiss:  Carey, Jacqueline.

The magic of her people nearly destroyed by a broken sacred oath generations earlier, young Moirin practices her fledgling powers of concealment while hiding her ability to sense the influence of foreign gods, a situation that eventually forces her to discover the truth of her heritage.

ORDER # S510-20   $14-50   ISBN 9780446198042

 

Overthrowing Heaven:  Mark L. Van Name

Jon Moore grew up in a prison laboratory. When he escaped with nothing but his body's nanotech enhancements and more anger than even a long lifetime could wash away, an entire planet died behind him. Memories of the things he'd done still haunted him; because of them, he often ended up helping those in need. His kindnesses frequently didn't work out well. This one "really" didn't work out well. It hurled Jon and Lobo, the intelligent assault vehicle and Jon's only friend, down an accelerating, ever more dangerous spiral involving unimaginable events.

ORDER # S510-21   $14-50   ISBN 9781439133712

 

Skin Trade (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter):  Hamilton, Laurell

Learning that a vampire serial killer has been preying on the citizens of Las Vegas, vampire hunter Anita Blake attempts to warn local authorities only to discover that 10 officers and an executioner have already been brought down, a situation for which Anita teams up with federal marshal Edward.

ORDER # S510-22   $14-50   ISBN 9780515148053

 

Sixty-One Nails:  Shevdon, Mike.

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When a suspected heart attack leads him into the hidden world of the Feyre, a legendary place that lurks just beyond the surface of everyday life, Niall Petersen is stunned to discover that he is the only one who can save the ancient people from war.

ORDER # S510-23   $14-50   ISBN 9780061994104

 

Soul Stealers (Clockwork Vampire Chronicles: 02):  Remic, Andy.

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After the land of Falanor falls, Kell is hunted by the machine- vampires called the Vachine and, while recruiting reinforcements to launch the counter attack, becomes the target of two beautiful, but lethal, vampire assassins.

ORDER # S510-24   $14-50   ISBN 9780061994111

 

The Tyranny of Ghosts (Legacy of Dhakaan: 03):  Bassingthwaite, Don.

After failing to dethrone Lhesh Tariic, Geth and his allies, with the help of the Kech Volaar, seek information on how to destroy the mysterious Rod of Kings, while imprisoned Ashi d'Deneith seeks a chink in Tariic's armor.

ORDER # S510-25   $14-50   ISBN 9780786955060

 

SpellCrash (WebMage: 05):  McCullough, Kelly:

In a world where magic has merged with 21st century technology, Ravirn, the great- grandson of one of the three Fates, must protect Necessity, the sentient computer that runs the multiverse, from Zeus, Hades, Fate and Eris.

ORDER # S510-26   $14-50   ISBN 9780441018888

 

Unholy Ghosts:  Kane, Stacia.

Freewheeling ghost hunter and witch, Chess Putnam, who has a talent for banishing the wicked dead, owes a lot of money to a murderous drug lord named Bump and must take on a dangerous job involving black magic, demons and human sacrifice to pay him back.

ORDER # S510-27   $14-50   ISBN 9780345515575

 

War of the Sons (Supernatural):  Dessertine, Rebecca 

While on the hunt for Lucifer, Sam and Dean Winchester meet an angel named Don who sends them on a mission to uncover the secret Satan never wanted them to find out.

ORDER # S510-28   $14-50   ISBN 9781848566019

 

The White Road:  Flewelling, Lynn.

After escaping death and slavery in Plenimar, Seregil and Alec, longing to return to their night-running life in Rhiminee, are saddled with a strange, alchemically created creature who is a danger to all whom they come in contact with, causing them to uncover the truth about this living homunculus.

ORDER # S510-29   $14-50   ISBN 9780553590098

 

Web of Lies (Elemental Assassin):  Estep, Jennifer.

When she agrees to help Violet Fox and her grandfather protect their property from a ruthless coal-mining tycoon, Gin Blanco, the owner of the Pork Pit - and once the most feared assassin in the South - comes out of retirement when her restaurant falls under attack.

ORDER # S510-30   $14-50   ISBN 9781439147993

 

Wizard Squared (Rogue Agent: 03):  Mills, K. E.

When the staff of Witches Incorporated receive a visitor from an alternate reality, they discover that a war is threatening to spill across the dimensions and thrust every reality into a nightmarish world of terror, forcing them to find - and stop - a rogue wizard gone mad.

ORDER # S510-31   $14-50   ISBN 9780316035439

 

Zoo City:  Beukes, Lauren.

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In this magic-tainted noir, a pop star goes missing in a city run by a shaman crime lord who will kill anyone who tries to find her.

ORDER # S510-32   $14-50   ISBN 9780061994128

 

Phantasm:  Phaedra Weldon

Just when ZoA Martinique, formerly ordinary twenty-something, was getting used to the idea that she was possessed of extraordinary powers, she lost them. Without cause or warning. And at the worst possible time. Now, unless she can figure out how to go Wraith again, she won't be able to rescue her mother, whose soul is trapped on the Abysmal plane.

ORDER # S510-33   $14-50   ISBN 9780441018871

 

Stargate Atlantis: Dead End: SGA-12:  Chris Wraight

Dr. Rodney McKay must try and rescue his friends who are stranded on an icy world on the edge of the Pegasus Galaxy.

ORDER # S510-34   $14-50   ISBN 9781905586226

 

Large Size Paperbacks
Brains: A Zombie Memoir:  Becker, Robin.

A college professor turned smarty-pants zombie sets off on a cross- country journey to gather a rag-tag group other intelligent undead in the hopes of finding the creator of the zombie virus and trying to broker peace and equality between zombies and their still-living counterparts.

ORDER # S510-38   $23-90   ISBN 9780061974052 

 

Blood Song:  Adams, Cat.

Betrayed by her royal employers, bodyguard Celia is changed into a part-vampire and targeted by both human and supernatural adversaries while she leans on friends to survive and help her discover the source of her transformation.

ORDER # S510-39   $23-90   ISBN 9780765324948 

 

An Echo in the Bone (Outlander: 07):  Gabaldon, Diana.

While Jacobite Jamie Fraser reluctantly participates in the American rebellion with a foreknowledge of the fledgling country's victory, his time-travelling wife, Claire, worries about the ultimate price of the war while struggling to safeguard her family.

ORDER # S510-40   $25-90   ISBN 9780385342469 

 

Demon Hunts (The Walker Papers: 05):  Murphy, C. E.

Seattle police detective Joanne Walker tracks a cannibalistic serial killer to the Lower World, a shamanistic world of magic and spirits, where her skills are no match for the dangers that lurk there.

ORDER # S510-41   $23-90   ISBN 9780373803149 

 

Light Boxes:  Jones, Shane.

After a god-like spirit punishes a town for flying by making it perpetually live out its days in the month of February, children go missing and adults fall into deep depression, but a small contingent of townsfolk fight back, waging war on February, in a story optioned by film director Spike Jonze.

ORDER # S510-42   $23-90   ISBN 9780143117780 

 

Lightborn (Darkborn Trilogy: 02):  Sinclair, Alison.

Lady Telmaine Hearne, of the Darkborn aristocracy, has long kept her magical ability secret, but when her husband draws her into a conspiracy to protect the archduke and his brother, she has no choice but to use her powers.

ORDER # S510-43   $23-90   ISBN 9780451463296 

 

Paul Is Undead: The British Zombie Invasion:  Goldsher, Alan

Reimagines the British invasion of the Fab Four as an infestation of music-making zombies, who use hidden messages in their songs to woo female fans into a backstage buffet of human flesh, in a wild tale that also sees such characters as eighth-level ninja lord Yoko Ono and a zombie hunter reminiscent of Mick Jaggar.

ORDER # S510-44   $23-90   ISBN 9781439177921 

 

Little Women and Werewolves:  Alcott, Louisa May & Grand, Porter.

A whimsical supernatural retelling of the classic work, written in the vein of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, imagines a secret, unedited manuscript of Little Women in which Laurie is a werewolf who, among other escapades, exacts revenge against Amy's strict schoolmaster.

ORDER # S510-45   $23-90   ISBN 9780345522603 

 

Shades of Gray:  Kessler, Jackie & Kittredge, Caitlin.

A follow-up to Black and White finds supernatural best friends-turned-arch enemies Jet and Iridium thrown into further turmoil by the destruction of the secret hero frequency, the burning of New Chicago and the rise of the nefarious Doctor Hypnotic.

ORDER # S510-46   $23-90   ISBN 9780553386325 

 

Revenant:  Weldon, Phaedra.

Wraith Zoë Martinique must use her special powers to restore cosmic balance and discover why the bodies of Revenants - beings from another planes - are showing up all over Atlanta completely drained of blood.

ORDER # S510-47   $23-90   ISBN 9780441018659 

 

Shakespeare Undead:  Handeland, Lori.

After a slew of zombies invades London, it is up to vampire necromancer William Shakespeare and Katherine Dymond, the famed 'Dark Lady' of Sonnets 127-152, to find out who's behind this inconvenient invasion of the undead.

ORDER # S510-48   $23-90   ISBN 9780312641528 

 

The War That Came Early: Hitler's War:  Turtledove, Harry.

A re-release of a first entry in an alternate-history trilogy re-envisions a World War II transformed by Chamberlain's resistance to Hitler early in the Sudetenland.

ORDER # S510-49   $25-90   ISBN 9780345491831 

 

These Children Who Come at You With Knives, and Other Fairy Tales:  Knipfel, Jim. 

The author of the New York Times Notable Book of the Year Quitting the Nairobi Trio presents a series of wryly comic fables that explores the perils of naïveté, greed and arrogance in the style of traditional fairy tales.

ORDER # S510-50   $23-90   ISBN 9781439154120 

 

Hylozoic:  Rucker, Rudy.

A sequel to Postsingular returns readers to an Earth transformed by a global awakening of telepathic communication that catapults newlywed Founders Thuy and Jayjay into a live-action media life and captures the attention of exploitative alien races.

ORDER # S510-51   $25-90   ISBN 9780765320759 

 

Hardcover Titles
Bullet (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter): Hamilton, Laurell K

Necromancer Anita Blake must try to stop the assassins that are coming to kill her; master vampire, Jean-Claude; and werewolf, Richard Zeeman, fearing they have all grown too powerful, in this new novel in the best-selling series.

ORDER # S510-53   $37-90   ISBN 9780425234334 

 

Dragonsoul:  Jones, Jaida & Bennett, Danielle.

Forging an uneasy truce after the war between Volstov and Ke-Han, cruel dragon-rider Rook and bookish tutor Thom share a common quest to locate the missing pieces of Rook's war- torn mechanical dragon, who has lost her soul among her scattered parts.

ORDER # S510-54   $37-90   ISBN 9780553807691 

 

Infinity Gate (Darkglass Mountain: 03):  Douglass, Sara

Having raised the magic of Elcho Falling while forging new allies against the darkness in the mysterious Lealfast, Serpent Coil priestess Isabelle Brunell and Lord Maximillian assist the efforts of former god Axis SunSoar, who has revived the Strike Force after rediscovering the magical Star Dance.

ORDER # S510-55   $37-90   ISBN 9780060882198 

 

Distant Thunders (Destroyermen: 04):  Anderson, Taylor.

Lieutenant Commander Matthew Reddy waits for his destroyer, the Walker, to be repaired after battling alongside their Lemurian allies to repel the savage Grik, and questions the loyalties of Commodore Jenks, who may be devoted to those representing an even greater danger.

ORDER # S510-56   $37-90   ISBN 9780451463333 

 

Insatiable:  Cabot, Meg.

In a modern-day sequel to Dracula, Meena Harper has the ability to foresee how people are going die, but this precognition only works on other people, not Meena herself, leaving her vulnerable once she begins to fall in love with a vampire.

ORDER # S510-57   $35-90   ISBN 9780061735066 

 

Kraken:  Miéville, China.

A contemporary fantasy set in present-day London finds people flocking to a British Museum exhibit of a giant squid that is stolen by magical criminals, a crime that propels young curator Billy into a supernatural underworld.

ORDER # S510-58   $37-90   ISBN 9780345497499 

 

Lanceheim (Mollisan Town: 02):  Davys, Tim.

In a story set in a Mollisan Town, a village inhabited by stuffed animals, Reuben Walrus discovers he is going deaf, and sets out to find Maximillan, a fabled Christ-like creature thought to have healing powers, but Maximillan is hiding from the darker forces of Mollisan Town, and Reuben finds his journey more and more difficult.

ORDER # S510-59   $35-90   ISBN 9780061797439 

 

The Left Hand of God:  Hoffman, Paul.

An American release of a first title in an internationally popular trilogy follows the adventures of 16-year-old Thomas, one of thousands of imprisoned youths being trained in combat by warrior monks who becomes aware of his secret destiny after a daring escape.

ORDER # S510-60   $37-90   ISBN 9780525951315 

 

Nights of Villjamur:  Newton, Mark Charan.

A first entry in a cross-genre series finds a senior investigator examining the savage murder of a city politician in an ancient city besieged by an ice age, thousands of sanctuary-seeking refugees, reports of the walking dead and a serial womanizer who has manipulated his way into the imperial residence.

ORDER # S510-61   $37-90   ISBN 9780345520845 

 

Naamah's Curse (Moirin's Quest: 02):  Carey, Jacqueline.

As Moirin tries to plot her escape from the Patriarch of Riva, who has suppressed her magic and plans to kill her if she does not convert to his faith, her lover, Bao, sets out to rescue her, unaware that he is walking into a trap.

ORDER # S510-62   $37-90   ISBN 9780446198059 

 

Procession of the Dead:  Shan, Darren.

Finding himself in a mysterious world called the City, with no memory of his life before his arrival, Capac Raimi must contend with a snake-tattooed assassin, blind Incan priests, friends who suddenly disappear and The Cardinal, the man who rules it all. An adult fiction debut by the author of Cirque du Freak.

ORDER # S510-63   $31-90   ISBN 9780446551755 

 

The Palace of Impossible Dreams:  Fallon, Jennifer.

A third entry in the quartet that includes The Immortal Prince finds the enslaved Arkady despairing of ever seeing her husband alive again and risking everything to learn the truth about her new owner; while Stellan, in asylum in Caelum, gains the support of the returning Tide Lords.

ORDER # S510-64   $38-90   ISBN 9780765316844 

 

Speak to the Devil:  Duncan, Dave.

Enlisting in the royal Jorgarian hussars in a post- feudal Dobkov that has denounced magic as Satanism, an ambitious Anton and his psychic servant, Wulf, are directed to take command of a strategic fortress under threat by magic-wielding invaders.

ORDER # S510-65   $38-90   ISBN 9780765323477 

 

Who Fears Death:  Okorafor, Nnedi.

Born into post- apocalyptic Africa by a mother who was raped after the slaughter of her entire tribe, Onyesonwu is tutored by a shaman and discovers that her magical destiny is to end the genocide of her people.

ORDER # S510-66   $37-90   ISBN 9780756406172 

 

From Hell With Love:  Green, Simon R.

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The fourth novel in a New York Times best- selling fantasy series follows the acting head of the Drood family, Eddie, as he protects humanity from supernatural creatures and tries to figure out who killed his family's Matriarch.

ORDER # S510-67   $37-90   ISBN 9780451463326 

 

Transformers: Exodus:  Irvine, Alex.

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An official origins tale inspired by the popular franchise originally launched in the 1980s shares key background information for die-hard fans.

ORDER # S510-68   $37-90   ISBN 9780345519856 

 

The Double Human:  O'Neal, James.

A sequel to The Human Disguise finds post- apocalypse Florida peace- keeper Tom going undercover to out-maneuver a brutal serial murderer whose 50-year killing spree has revealed his supernatural qualities as well as the bizarre characteristics of his victims.

ORDER # S510-69   $37-90   ISBN 9780765320155 

 

Metatropolis:  Scalzi, John, ed.

An anthology of five short tales by some of the genre's most popular young writers includes contributions by Elizabeth Bear, Tobias Buckell and the Hugo-finalist project editor, in a volume that sets each work in a collaboratively imagined urban future.

ORDER # S510-70   $37-90   ISBN 9780765327109 

 

Mouse and Dragon (Liaden Universe: 13):  Lee, Sharon & Miller, Steve.

Just as her powerful husband, the Delm of Korval, is about to whisk her away from the dangers of the Liad, Aelliana's family objects and she finds there is much more to the man she loves than she ever imagined - and that her escape from the Liad is part of a much larger plan.

ORDER # S510-71   $36-90   ISBN 9781439133811 

 

The Passage:  Cronin, Justin.

Rendered a latest test subject in a covert government experiment, abandoned six- year-old Amy is rescued by an FBI agent who hides them in the Oregon hills, from which she emerges a century later to save the human race from a terrifying virus.

ORDER # S510-72   $37-90   ISBN 9780345504968 

 

Threshold:  Flint, Eric & Spoor, Ryk E.

As Helen Sutter, her super-sensor expert husband and their friends race to find caches of profitable alien technologies on the mysterious asteroid Ceres, an all-out interplanetary war threatens to break out as more and more enterprising people try to mine the technologies.

ORDER # S510-73   $37-90   ISBN 9781439133606 

 

Terminal World:  Reynolds, Alastair.

Living in the last human city, incognito enforcement agent, Quillon, discovers a near-dead angel while working in the Spearpoint district morgue, and must travel into the cold and hostile lands beyond the city to save the angel's life.

ORDER # S510-74   $38-90   ISBN 9780441018666 

 

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