Child of thorns
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Last published Tue, Jul 24, 2012
Aegon is an ageing assassin who lives with his son Fin in a mysterious land where kings and queens rule. He is about to undertake a very dangerous assassination against the king of the rebels,. This entire empire is at stake and this is only the beginning...
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