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Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 16 by Julietta Suzuki
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsNanami Momozono is alone and homeless after her dad skips town to evade his gambling debts and the debt collectors kick her out of her apartment. So when a man she's just saved from a dog offers her his home, she jumps at the opportunity... -
![Trickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce]()
Trickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce
When you gamble with kingdoms, all bets are off. Legends are born in this thrilling and New York Times bestselling spy saga from the fantasy author who is legend Tamora Pierce.Aly is from a family known for great deeds. She is the daughter of Alanna, the famed knight and King’s Champion of Tortall... -
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![Risked by Margaret Peterson Haddix]()
Risked by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsJonah thought that after his last adventure in 1903, he and his sister Katherine would have a break from time travel for a while. For the first time, he’s willing to look into his own identity in the past, and he thinks this is his chance... -
![The Shadow of Water by Jacquelyn Benson]()
The Shadow of Water by Jacquelyn Benson
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLily Albright can see the future, and it looks like hell. In an England on the brink of war, Lily is plagued by visions of the cataclysmic destruction of London. An ancient prophecy is coming to fruition, and it starts with the gruesome discovery of a corpse in the sewers.To save her city, Lily must untangle a web of conspiracy and violence... -
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![The Heart of Betrayal by Mary E. Pearson]()
The Heart of Betrayal by Mary E. Pearson
Held captive in the barbarian kingdom of Venda, Lia and Rafe have little chance of escape . . . and even less of being together. Desperate to save her life, Lia's erstwhile assassin, Kaden, has told the Vendan Komisar that she has a magical gift, and the Komisar's interest in Lia is greater than either Kaden or Lia foresaw...Categorized as:
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![How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom: Volume 5 by Dojyomaru]()
How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom: Volume 5 by Dojyomaru
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA new nation, the Kingdom of Friedonia, is born and Souma becomes its new king. He broadcasts an educational program and is gradually working towards the enlightenment of his people when he makes a visit to Lagoon City, a city on the water which is ruled by Excel who has been appointed the Supreme Commander of the National Defense Force... -
![The Water Dragon’s Bride, Vol. 6 by Rei Tōma]()
The Water Dragon’s Bride, Vol. 6 by Rei Tōma
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAsahi continues to be trapped between power-hungry humans and exposed to their ill will...Categorized as:
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Silverthorn by Raymond E. Feist
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 57 ratingsA poisoned bolt has struck down the Princess Anita on the day of her wedding to Prince Arutha of Krondor.To save his beloved, Arutha sets out in search of the mystic herb called Silverthorn that only grows in the dark and forbidding land of the Spellweavers... -
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The Water Dragon’s Bride, Vol. 5 by Rei Tōma
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAsahi is in constant danger from people trying to use her to get the water dragon god’s power for themselves. She doesn’t want anyone to get hurt because of her, so she, the water dragon god and Subaru pay a visit to the emperor...Categorized as:
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The Water Dragon’s Bride, Vol. 3 by Rei Tōma
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA modern-day girl gets whisked away to a strange land where she is sacrificed to a water dragon god!In the blink of an eye, a modern-day girl named Asahi is whisked away from her warm and happy home and stranded in a strange and mysterious world where she meets a water dragon god!Unable to return home, Asahi grows into a lovely young woman...Categorized as:
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![The Uninvited by S.L. Morgan]()
The Uninvited by S.L. Morgan
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"I will forever protect her with my own life." Levi Oxley Reece Bryant, a college student from Earth, had her entire life turned upside down when she discovered her true genealogy. Not only did she discover that life exists beyond Earth, but also that being brought into the dimension of Pemdas would change her life forever... -
![Nero's Fiddle by A.W. Exley]()
Nero's Fiddle by A.W. Exley
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOne... death by spontaneous human combustion is a rare act of God Two... is surely a freakish coincidence Three... well, that’s starting to look deliberate. Cara has a new role as Queen Victoria’s artifact hunter, she’s adapting to married life and living in a country manor that more closely resembles a mausoleum... -
![The Elements of the Crown by Kay L. Moody]()
The Elements of the Crown by Kay L. Moody
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsTalise has a gift that could save her life.In an empire divided into three rings, seventeen-year-old Talise is from the outer ring. This dangerous and crime-laden land has one constant… death.Her only chance for escape is to become Master Shaper—an honored position in the palace court and military. Each year, the emperor chooses one student to receive the title...Categorized as:
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![Accomplishments of the Duke's Daughter Vol. 5 by Reia, Hazuki Futaba]()
Accomplishments of the Duke's Daughter Vol. 5 by Reia, Hazuki Futaba
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHE PRICE OF WARThe war Iris always feared has finally come. No longer content to send spies to spread discontent in Tasmeria, Tweil descends with their army. Iris must rush back to her duchy to defend her people and rally the other territories to her cause. But no one survives war unscathed, and all too soon Iris will face a loss even she may not be able to endure...Categorized as:
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![Accomplishments of the Duke's Daughter Vol. 4 by Reia]()
Accomplishments of the Duke's Daughter Vol. 4 by Reia
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSACRIFICE YOUR HEARTHaving rescued her people in the eastern territories and thwarted another plot to undermine Armelia, Iris throws herself back into the work of governing her duchy. After all, it's only through work that she can make herself forget her growing feelings for Dean. But she can't put off all thought of marriage... -
![The Water Dragon’s Bride, Vol. 4 by Rei Tōma]()
The Water Dragon’s Bride, Vol. 4 by Rei Tōma
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsA modern-day girl gets whisked away to a strange land where she is sacrificed to a water dragon god!In the blink of an eye, a modern-day girl named Asahi is whisked away from her warm and happy home and stranded in a strange and mysterious world where she meets a water dragon god!Because the water dragon god wants to interact with Asahi more, he descends to the village in the guise of a human...Categorized as:
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![A Crown Imperiled by Raymond E. Feist]()
A Crown Imperiled by Raymond E. Feist
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 31 ratings“Feist constantly amazes.”—SF Site“Feist has a command of language and a natural talent for keeping the reader turning pages.” —Chicago Sun-TimesThe Chaoswar—the fifth and final Riftwar—is in full, explosive swing in Raymond E. Feist’s A Crown Imperiled, the second book in the acclaimed, New York Times bestselling fantasist’s monumental saga of courage, conflict, and bitter consequence...Categorized as:
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![Waking in Time by Angie Stanton]()
Waking in Time by Angie Stanton
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsStill mourning the loss of her beloved grandmother and shaken by her mysterious, dying request to “find the baby,” Abbi has just arrived at UW Madison for her freshman year. But on her second day, she wakes up to a different world: 1983. That is just the first stop on Abbi’s journey backward through time. Will is a charming college freshman from 1927 who travels forward through time...Categorized as:
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![Time's Divide by Rysa Walker]()
Time's Divide by Rysa Walker
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThe Cyrists are swiftly moving into position to begin the Culling, and Kate’s options are dwindling. With each jump to the past or the future, Kate may trigger a new timeline shift. Worse, the loyalties of those around her—including the allegiances of Kiernan and the Fifth Column, the shadowy group working with Kate—are increasingly unclear...Categorized as:
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![The Fire Queen by Emily R. King]()
The Fire Queen by Emily R. King
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsIn the second book in The Hundredth Queen Series, Emily R. King once again follows a young warrior queen’s rise to meet her destiny in a richly imagined world of sorcery and forbidden powers.Though the tyrant rajah she was forced to marry is dead, Kalinda’s troubles are far from over. A warlord has invaded the imperial city, and now she’s in exile. But she isn’t alone...Categorized as:
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![The Water Dragon's Bride, Vol. 2 by Rei Tōma]()
The Water Dragon's Bride, Vol. 2 by Rei Tōma
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsA modern-day girl gets whisked away to a strange land where she is sacrificed to a water dragon god!In the blink of an eye, a modern-day girl named Asahi is whisked away from her warm and happy home and stranded in a strange and mysterious world where she is sacrificed to a water dragon god! What plans are in store for her, and what will happen when she comes face to face with this god?After a...Categorized as:
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![The Progeny by Tosca Lee]()
The Progeny by Tosca Lee
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Tosca Lee brings a modern twist to an ancient mystery surrounding the most notorious female serial killer of all time. A fast-paced thriller for fans of Ted Dekker’s The Books of Mortals , Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code , and BBC America’s hit series Orphan Black . Emily Jacobs is the descendant of a serial killer. Now, she’s become the hunted...Categorized as:
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![The Beauty of Darkness by Mary E. Pearson]()
The Beauty of Darkness by Mary E. Pearson
The third and final book in the New York Times-bestselling Remnant Chronicles. Lia has survived Venda—but so has a great evil bent on the destruction of Morrighan. And only Lia can stop it. With war on the horizon, Lia has no choice but to assume her role as First Daughter, as soldier—as leader...Categorized as:
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![A Kingdom Besieged by Raymond E. Feist]()
A Kingdom Besieged by Raymond E. Feist
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsPlagued by rumour and instability. the Kingdom is losing spies in Kesh, disappearing - either murdered, or turned to the enemy side. Information has become scant and unreliable; but dark forces are coming. The Keshian Confederacy is assembling under an old enemy in new guise., and powerful magician Pug's youngest son brings new apprentices into the family... -
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![The Summer of Impossible Things by Rowan Coleman]()
The Summer of Impossible Things by Rowan Coleman
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsIf you could change the past, would you? How far would you go to save the person you love?Luna is about to do everything she can to save her mother's life.Even if it means sacrificing her own...Categorized as:
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![The Water Dragon's Bride, Vol. 1 by Rei Tōma]()
The Water Dragon's Bride, Vol. 1 by Rei Tōma
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA modern-day girl gets whisked away to a strange land where she is sacrificed to a water dragon god! In the blink of an eye, a modern-day girl named Asahi is whisked away from her warm and happy home and stranded in a strange and mysterious world where she is sacrificed to a water dragon god! What plans are in store for her, and what will happen when she comes face to face with this god?A young...Categorized as:
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![Psion by Joan D. Vinge]()
Psion by Joan D. Vinge
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsCat is the ultimate half-human future punk. Tough, cool, solitary. And a telepath. He uses his psionic talent to evade the labor gangs and security police. But now he is swept into the midst of an interstellar power struggle. Both sides want to use his mind as a weapon. Cat owes no loyalty to anyone--but there is no middle zone in this fight...Categorized as:
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![The Last Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff]()
The Last Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYour blood-red skies are filled with smoke. Your bleach-white histories with lies. You walk sleeping. Wake senseless. Breathing deep of toxic blooms and forgetting all that has gone before. But I remember. I remember when two brothers waged bloody war over the right to sit in their father’s empty chair... -
![Roar of Sky by Beth Cato]()
Roar of Sky by Beth Cato
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIn this stunning conclusion to the acclaimed Blood of Earth trilogy—a thrilling alternate history laced with earth magic, fantastic creatures, and steampunk elements—geomancer Ingrid must find a way to use her extraordinary abilities to save her world from the woman hell-bent on destroying it...Categorized as:
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![The Orphan Queen by Jodi Meadows]()
The Orphan Queen by Jodi Meadows
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsWilhelmina has a hundred identities. She is a princess. When the Indigo Kingdom conquered her homeland, Wilhelmina and other orphaned children of nobility were taken to Skyvale, the Indigo Kingdom’s capital. Ten years later, they are the Ospreys, experts at stealth and theft. With them, Wilhelmina means to take back her throne. She is a spy... -
![For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund]()
For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund
It's been several generations since a genetic experiment gone wrong caused the Reduction, decimating humanity and giving rise to a Luddite nobility who outlawed most technology. Elliot North has always known her place in this world. Four years ago Elliot refused to run away with her childhood sweetheart, the servant Kai, choosing duty to her family's estate over love... -
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Snow by Tracy Lynn
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 39 ratings"ONCE UPON A TIME" IS TIMELESS The Duchess Jessica's childhood began with a tragedy: her mother's death. Her father, heartbroken at the loss of his beloved wife, could not bear to raise the child. Largely ignored, Jessica spent the first eleven years of her life running free on the family estate, cared for only by the servants...Categorized as:
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![Awoken by Sarah Noffke]()
Awoken by Sarah Noffke
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAround the world humans are hallucinating after sleepless nights. In a sterile, underground institute the forecasters keep reporting the same events. And in the backwoods of Texas, a sixteen-year-old girl is about to be caught up in a fierce, ethereal battle. Meet Roya Stark...Categorized as:
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![The Yearbook by Carol Masciola]()
The Yearbook by Carol Masciola
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMisfit teen Lola Lundy has every right to her anger and her misery. She’s failing in school, living in a group home, and social workers keep watching her like hawks, waiting for her to show signs of the horrible mental illness that cost Lola’s mother her life...Categorized as:
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![Waking Romeo by Kathryn Barker]()
Waking Romeo by Kathryn Barker
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKathryn Barker's Waking Romeo is a spectacularly genre-bending retelling of Romeo & Juliet asking the big questions about true love, fate, and time travel 2083. London. Wake Romeo.It’s the end of the world. Literally. Time travel is possible, but only forward. And only a handful of families choose to remain in the “now,” living off of the scraps left behind...Categorized as:
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![The Brass Queen by Elizabeth Chatsworth]()
The Brass Queen by Elizabeth Chatsworth
In 1897, a fiery British aristocrat and an inept US spy search for a stolen invisibility serum that could spark a global war.Miss Constance Haltwhistle is the last in a line of blue-blooded rogue inventors. Selling exotic firearms under her alias, the ‘Brass Queen,’ has kept her baronial estate’s coffers full... -
![Every Never After by Lesley Livingston]()
Every Never After by Lesley Livingston
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's happening again! Despite their vow to each other at the end of Once Every Never , best friends Clare and Allie once more find themselves in trouble—and travelling in time... -
![The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel, Jim Tierney]()
The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel, Jim Tierney
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe Boundless, the greatest train ever built, is on its maiden voyage across the country, and first-class passenger Will Everett is about to embark on the adventure of his life!When Will ends up in possession of the key to a train car containing priceless treasures, he becomes the target of sinister figures from his past... -
![Return Once More by Trisha Leigh, Casey Turner]()
Return Once More by Trisha Leigh, Casey Turner
If you could learn the identity of your one true love—even though you will never meet— would you?Years have passed since refugees from a ruined earth took to space, eventually settling a new system of planets. Science has not only made the leaps necessary to allow time travel, but the process engineered a strange side effect—predicting your one true love...Categorized as:
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![The Ka by Mary Deal]()
The Ka by Mary Deal
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCalifornia archaeology student Chione has vivid dreams about the discovery of an opulent tomb. After the founder of the Institute of Archaeology learns that Chione's dreams might be connected to events in Egypt, he accepts an offer to examine a mysterious site in Valley of the Queens...Categorized as:
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![Storms of Lazarus by Karen Kincy]()
Storms of Lazarus by Karen Kincy
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsSometimes escape is impossible. Sometimes love isn't enough. 1913. Christmas Eve. Ardis hardly expects a quiet holiday with Wendel, between fleeing Constantinople and hiding from an ancient society of assassins. And they owe a debt to a certain archmage. In Königsberg, Prussia, they work with Konstantin on the next evolution of Project Lazarus...Categorized as:
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![Stolen Time by Danielle Rollins]()
Stolen Time by Danielle Rollins
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSeattle, 1913 // Dorothy is trapped. Forced into an engagement to a wealthy man just so she and her mother can live comfortably for the rest of their days, she’ll do anything to escape. Including sneaking away from her wedding and bolting into the woods to disappear.New Seattle, 2077 // Ash is on a mission...Categorized as:
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![The Unicorn's Tail by A.W. Exley]()
The Unicorn's Tail by A.W. Exley
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAmy Hamilton is a good girl. She always did exactly as society demanded, kept her eyes downcast, never spoke out of turn, and hid the myriad of questions swirling in her brain. In return for shutting off her intellect she landed an abusive fiancé and was cast aside by the ton. Disgraced, she seeks refuge at the Lyons' country estate...Categorized as:
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![A Conspiracy of Stars by Olivia A. Cole]()
A Conspiracy of Stars by Olivia A. Cole
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsOlivia A. Cole blends a richly imagined world, fantastical creatures, family secrets, and a simmering romance in her cinematic sci-fi/fantasy YA debut, perfect for fans of Amie Kaufman and Pierce Brown.Octavia has only ever had one goal: to follow in the footsteps of her parents and become a prestigious whitecoat, one of the scientists who study the natural wonders of Faloiv...Categorized as:
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![Drawn by Marie Lamba]()
Drawn by Marie Lamba
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s the artist that finds him in her drawings. He’s the medieval ghost that conquers her heart. And their time is running out. Michelle De Freccio moves to England seeking a normal life, but someone starts appearing in her sketches. Then he grabs her at the castle, his pale green eyes full of longing... -
![The Dragon Lady by Angelique S. Anderson]()
The Dragon Lady by Angelique S. Anderson
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIts 19th Century London, stablehand Wylie Petford has just suffered extreme tragedy. It is this tragedy that leads her to a magical device and her greater purpose. The alluring Dracosinum holds a key to her hidden heritage and opens the door for a fantastic future while leaving her love Lord Adrian in the past...Categorized as:
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![Dangerous Deceptions by Sarah Zettel]()
Dangerous Deceptions by Sarah Zettel
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“A rollicking spy caper in corsets. . . . This witty romp will delight fans of historical fiction as well as mystery lovers.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review of Palace of SpiesAs a lady in waiting in King George’s London court, Peggy has survived a forced betrothal, royal scandals, and an attempt or two on her life...Categorized as:
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![Invictus by Ryan Graudin]()
Invictus by Ryan Graudin
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsTime flies when you're plundering history.Farway Gaius McCarthy was born outside of time. The son of a time-traveling Recorder from 2354 AD and a gladiator living in Rome in 95 AD, Far's birth defies the laws of nature...Categorized as:
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![The Conspiracy of Us by Maggie Hall]()
The Conspiracy of Us by Maggie Hall
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsAvery West's newfound family can shut down Prada when they want to shop in peace, and can just as easily order a bombing when they want to start a war. Part of a powerful and dangerous secret society called the Circle, they believe Avery is the key to an ancient prophecy. Some want to use her as a pawn. Some want her dead...Categorized as:
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![The Dark Unwinding by Sharon Cameron]()
The Dark Unwinding by Sharon Cameron
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsWhen Katharine Tulman’s inheritance is called into question by the rumor that her eccentric uncle is squandering away the family fortune, she is sent to his estate to have him committed to an asylum. But instead of a lunatic, Katharine discovers a genius inventor with his own set of rules, who employs a village of nine hundred people rescued from the workhouses of London...Categorized as:
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