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And every single year i find myself loving the book a little more, seeing a detail i missed or forgot about almost in every page. When she isnt reading the malazan book of the fallen or trying to persuade others to do so she works as a high school classroom. There are so many characters that the dramatis personae section at the beginning of the story which lists the major characters, has a full five pages, so im obviously not. The first book in the malazan book of the fallen series.
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