REAPERS - Book Two: The Hunger and the Sickness
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The ancient legends say the goddess of Fate, daughter of Old Trickster, was born without a heart in her hollow breast-and never has it seemed more true. Reaper Team 3 has been shattered and reforged, sent far beyond the front lines and into the remote hinterlands in search of their lost comrades and a meaning behind the strange works of the hobgoblin empire. Meanwhile, intrigue unfolds in the capital city of Camshire, where powerful figures battle with words and knives over the destiny of the Reaper program and the geopolitical landscape as a whole. Familiar faces return changed and new ones emerge to be tested as the future of the Nation and humanity itself swing in the scales.
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REAPERS is an epic set in a sprawling dark fantasy universe of tragic characters, complex villains, and shocking story turns.
BOOK TWO is a novel-length collection of the Staves 8 through 14, continuing the story from BOOK ONE.
Written by THE THORNTON BROTHERS.
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