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Wonderfulsuspense and surprises, real characters, and a scary, ominous backbeat. Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only vague recollection of their lives before. A canticle for leibowitz was very good, and i also enjoyed fitzpatricks war, although i felt it was slow and the ending was rather weak. I who have never known men by jacqueline harpman free.
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