📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Going For Broke: How to Suffer Well Virtual Book Publicity Tour @ShannonMedisky #Christian #Devotional #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Shannon Medisky’s GOING FOR BROKE: HOW TO SUFFER WELL Virtual Book Tour October 1 – November 30 2018! Inside the Book Title: GOING FOR BROKE: HOW TO SUFFER WELL Author: Shannon Medisky Publisher: Independent Pages: 61 Genre: Christian Nonfiction/Devotional BOOK BLURB: Hardship hurts and suffering sucks. But there’s very important work—and rewards—we need to be occupied with in the middle of it all. Suffering has a way of stretching us beyond ourselves. It prompts us to stretch outside of our current comfort zones. But no matter how we feel, we don’t have to be buried by our challenges and circumstances.
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  • September 17, 2018
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Interview with Nancy Gray, Author of ‘Spine Chillers: Big Bad Wolf’

“Mrs. Rose walked in front of them and said, “First of all, congratulations on all of your parts.  Since this is a Halloween play, I chose the rolls based on who could portray their parts in a suitably ominous way.  Remember, these are fractured fairy tales, so nothing is supposed to end well.  And, the common element in all of them will be the big, bad wolf.” Patrick stood up and gave a quick bow. Jane thought, “Show off…”” Mrs. Rose continued, “The main theme is Little Red Riding Hood, but as you can see, there will be elements from other stories incorporated.  While she’s going to grandma’s house,
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Interview with Carol Jeffers, Author of The Question of Empathy: Searching for the Essence of Humanity

“Strolling among the dunes and driftwood, and the mock heather and yarrow of Moonstone Beach on California’s Central Coast, you are likely to come across a humble wooden bench made remarkable by what it declares, by the empathy it stirs, and by the stories it invites us to share. Rough and weatherworn, the bench is evocative of the salt air and wild daisies, the restless tides reshaping the continent’s rocky edge, and the wide sunset views it is meant to afford. But it has become legendary and invokes much more than a simple seascape. From its niche in the coastal ecosystem, this bench triumphs in returning us to the
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Darkest Before the Dawn Virtual Book Publicity Tour @Mike54Martin #Mystery #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mike Martin’s DARKEST BEFORE THE DAWN Virtual Book Tour October 1 – 31 2018! Inside the Book Title: DARKEST BEFORE THE DAWN Author: Mike Martin Publisher: Ottawa Press and Publishing Pages: TBA Genre: Mystery BOOK BLURB: Darkest Before the Dawn is the latest adventure of Sgt. Winston Windflower, a Mountie who finds himself surrounded by a new family and a new life in tiny Grand Bank, Newfoundland. There are signs of trouble that may disturb his pleasant life, including a series of unsolved break-ins and the lack of supports for young people in the most trying time of their lives.
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents The Cozy Corgi Mysteries Virtual Book Publicity Tour @MACozyMystery #CozyMystery #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mildred Abbott’s THE COZY CORGI MYSTERIES Virtual Book Tour October 1 – November 30 2018! Inside the Books Title: CRUEL CANDY (Book 1) Author: Mildred Abbott Publisher: Wings of Ink Publications LLC Pages: 282 Genre: Cozy Mystery BLURB: Estes Park, Colorado: picturesque mountains, charming shops, delightful bakeries, a cozy bookstore… and murder. Winifred Page and her corgi, Watson, move to Estes Park to hit the Reset button on life. Fred is about to open her dream bookshop, and the only challenges she anticipates are adjusting to small-town life, tourists, and living close to her loveable mother, Phyllis, and hippy stepfather,
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Aren’t the Emperor’s New Clothes Grand Virtual Book Publicity Tour @Phil_Fishman #political #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Philip M. Fishman’s  AREN’T THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES GRAND Virtual Book Tour October 1 – 31 2018! Inside the Book Title: AREN’T THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES GRAND Author: Philip M. Fishman Publisher: MPS Publishing Pages: 112 Genre: Satirical Critique BOOK BLURB: If you love Trump, sorry, this book is not for you.  If, on the other hand, you are horrified at what this man is doing,  I think you will enjoy it.   I read a very interesting book recently that discussed despots and their common characteristics. What, then, are the characteristics of a despot? They attack free speech and the
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Miss Management Virtual Book Publicity Tour @TraciHighland #RomanticComedy #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Traci Highland’s MISS MANAGEMENT Virtual Book Tour October 1 – November 30 2018! Inside the Book Title: MISS MANAGEMENT Author: Traci Highland Publisher: Cheshire Lane Press Pages: 215 Genre: Romantic Comedy BOOK BLURB: Mags has gotten herself in a ton of trouble: she’s lost her job, any hope for references, and she’s going to run out of money…. fast. Yeah, sure, it may be her fault for punching her boss, but the jerk totally had it coming. Nobody listens to her until she reaches her boiling point, and by then, well, she’ll admit that there’s no stopping Mr. Fist To
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents The Caged Butterfly Virtual Book Publicity Tour @MarianLThomas #WomensFiction #VBT

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Marian L. Thomas’ THE CAGED BUTTERFLY Virtual Book Tour October 1 – 31 2018! Inside the Book Title: THE CAGED BUTTERFLY Author: Marian L. Thomas Publisher: L.B. Publishing Pages: 307 Genre: Women’s Fiction BOOK BLURB: Who Would Think That One Act of Love Could Affect Four Generations? On December 29, 1930, Mildred “Millie” Mayfield gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, Addie. Millie teaches Addie three things that she feels matters most in life; inner beauty, reading books and giving your “special something’ only to the man you marry. Addie lives up to the first two. On one autumn night
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  • September 3, 2018
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Interview with Shawn M. Beasley, Author of Killing the Rougarou @mamashawnbeasl1

“Being from South Louisiana, you hear a lot of folklore. You never actually believe the old tales. You pass the stories on down to your babies and so on. You never quite believe in them until you meet a monster. Maybe then, you wonder: Could these stories be true?” –From Killing the Rougarou by Shawn M. Beasley Author Shawn Beasley was born and raised in small town Louisiana. She has a BSRN and has traveled the world only to return to the same small town where she was raised. Shawn has three grown children, one girl and two sons. She lives with her oldest son and grandson and has
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  • September 3, 2018
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Interview with Marty Roppelt, Author of Mortal Foe @MartyRoppelt

“My eyes snap open wide. A shadow faces me from beyond the foot of my bed. I shiver, holding my breath. The tall, bulky intruder seems oblivious. My sleep-hazy mind tells me to lie still. I’ll make myself smaller that way, so the invader won’t see me. I’m making myself small… My brain stirs slowly. A minute passes, then a few more. My eyes take their time adjusting to the darkness. Across the room, the sinister hulk takes the shape of my antique cherry-wood armoire. My girlfriend, Kelly, lies next to me, undisturbed. She faces away. Her chest rises and falls with each breath, her body radiating warmth. I
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Interview with Morgan Malone, Author of Taking Control: Rick’s Story @MMaloneAuthor

“Rick eased toward the open doors of his living room, thinking to disappear into the shadows. He just didn’t feel like an early morning encounter with anyone, certainly not the mermaid with those incredible legs who was ambling slowly in his general direction. He stopped suddenly when something caught the corner of his eye. A glint of sunlight on metal. He reached for his pistol, but his waistband was empty. Damn. What is that woman doing with a diving knife strapped to her right bicep? Who the hell is she?” From Taking Control: Rick’s Story by Morgan Malone Morgan Malone is the pen name of a retired lawyer who
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  • September 3, 2018
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Interview with Brenda B. Taylor, Author of A Highland Emerald @rayburnlady #historical #romance

“The words spewed from Da’s mouth. A sinister, dark shadow cloaked his face. Muscles twitched in his jaws and his hands clenched in tight fists. I stepped back. He abruptly turned, making his way up the stone steps to the upper story bed chambers, feeling the wall for security. When his foot struck the arisaid I’d dropped on the stair, he reached down, seized the garment, flung it with a vehemence I rarely witnessed from him, and continued up the staircase. The large dog followed at his heels. Not knowing what to do, I grabbed the arisaid, wrapped it closely around my shoulders, pulled the hood over my head,
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents The Water is Wide Virtual Book Publicity Tour @LauraVosika #timetravel #historicalfiction #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Laura Vosika’s THE WATER IS WIDE (Book 3 of The Blue Bells Chronicles) Virtual Book Tour October 1 – December 14 2018! Inside the Book Title: THE WATER IS WIDE Author: Laura Vosika Publisher: Gabriel’s Horn Press Pages: 451 Genre: Time Travel/Historical Fiction BOOK BLURB: After his failure to escape back to his own time, Shawn is sent with Niall on the Bruce’s business. They criss-cross Scotland and northern England, working for the Bruce and James Douglas, as they seek ways to get Shawn home to Amy and his own time. Returning from the Bruce’s business, to Glenmirril, Shawn finally
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Our Secret Powers Virtual Book Publicity Tour #spiritual #paranormal #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Terje Gerotti Simonsen’s OUR SECRET POWERS: TELEPATHY, CLAIRVOYANCE AND PRECOGNITION Virtual Book Tour October 1 – 31 2018! Inside the Book   Title: OUR SECRET POWERS: TELEPATHY, CLAIRVOYANCE AND PRECOGNITION Author: Terje Gerotti Simonsen Publisher: Pari Publishing Pages: 528 Genre: Nonfiction/Spiritual/Consciousness/Paranormal BOOK BLURB: Is the paranormal normal? Many readers will be surprised when learning that reputable scientists, among them several Nobel laureates, have claimed that telepathy is a reality. Their curiosity will increase when reading that both Cleopatra’s lost palace and Richard III’s burial place were recovered by means of clairvoyance. And some will think it to be sheer science
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Room for Grace by Daniel & Maureen Kenner @AlwysRoom4Grace #memoir #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Daniel & Maureen Kenner’s ROOM FOR GRACE Virtual Book Tour October 1 – 31 2018! Inside the Book Title: ROOM FOR GRACE Author: Daniel Kenner & Maureen Kenner Publisher: Silver Boot Imprints Pages: 200 Genre: Memoir & Biography BOOK BLURB: Stage 4 cancer for her and a debilitating disease for her husband: life crashed down in an instant. Maureen Kenner found resilience, however, in the lessons she learned from her Special Ed students in Providence, RI. Her students lived with their hearts opened despite struggles of the highest magnitude. Through these students, Maureen gains courage, humor, and the strength of
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  • August 20, 2018
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Interview with Nancy Gray, Author of Spine Chillers: The Scarecrow #vbt #puyb

“Sophie got into the backseat of the car and didn’t glance back in the direction of the scarecrow until they were driving. When she did turn to look, even though she knew it wasn’t possible, the scarecrow’s head seemed to be cocked in a different direction, slightly upward, as though it was watching them leave. Just as she was about to say something to her parents, a wall of crows flew up from the cornfield and obscured her view. When they were gone the head was resting down again. Sophie made a whimpering sound in the back of her throat that she was glad her parents didn’t hear and
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Darkest Before the Dawn Pre-Pub Blitz @Mike54Martin #mystery #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mike Martin’s DARKEST BEFORE THE DAWN Pre-Pub Blitz September 3 – 28! Inside the Book Title: DARKEST BEFORE THE DAWN Author: Mike Martin Publisher: Ottawa Press and Publishing Pages: 280 Genre: Mystery BOOK BLURB: Darkest Before the Dawn is the latest adventure of Sgt. Winston Windflower, a Mountie who finds himself surrounded by a new family and a new life in tiny Grand Bank, Newfoundland. There are signs of trouble that may disturb his pleasant life, including a series of unsolved break-ins and the lack of supports for young people in the most trying time of their lives. But there
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Big Bad Wolf Virtual Book Publicity Tour #midgrade #horror #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Nancy Gray’s SPINE CHILLERS: BIG BAD WOLF Virtual Book Tour September 17 – October 19! Inside the Book Title: BIG BAD WOLF Author: Nancy Gray Publisher: Independent Pages: 112 Genre: Middle Grade Horror BOOK BLURB: Jane is ecstatic when she gets the role of Red Riding Hood in her school play, but she didn’t realize that they’d be using the stuffed wolf prop as the Big Bad Wolf. That tattered old prop has always scared her and, lately, she has been having strange dreams about it that make it seem like it’s something more. Jane will have to get help
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Interview with Jeanine Kitchel, Author of Wheels Up: A Novel of Drugs, Cartels and Survival @JeanineKitchel

“The Gulfstream jet, loaded with two tons of Colombian cocaine, careened over dense Yucatan jungle as Layla stared out the compact window, horrified. If they weren’t running on empty and destined to crash, it might have looked lush to her, even beautiful. Without fuel, the engines starved into silence, she heard only the whooshing sound of the aluminum plane as it cruised over mangrove swamps and fast-approaching mahogany trees. All thoughts of her hasty departure from Guatemala to escape Don Guillermo’s wrath had vanished along with any hopes of safely landing in Cancun. They were going down.” From Wheels Up: A Novel of Drugs, Cartels and Survival by Jeanine
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents The Question of Empathy Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Nonfiction #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Carol Jeffers’ THE QUESTION OF EMPATHY Virtual Book Tour September 17 – October 12! Inside the Book Title: THE QUESTION OF EMPATHY: SEARCHING FOR THE ESSENCE OF HUMANITY Author: Carol Jeffers Publisher: Koehler Books Pages: 280 Genre: Creative Nonfiction/Speculative Nonfiction BOOK BLURB: What if we all had a power to connect with others, to understand what they are feeling, what they are thinking? What if such a power was flighty, unreliable, open to true understanding or total confusion? Would that make us better human beings? In The Question of Empathy, Carol Jeffers explores a power that exists today within each
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Taking Control: Rick’s Story Virtual Book Publicity Tour @MMaloneAuthor #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Morgan Malone’s TAKING CONTROL: RICK’S STORY Virtual Book Tour September 3 – October 31! Inside the Book Title: TAKING CONTROL: RICK’S STORY Author: Morgan Malone Publisher: Independent Pages: 170 Genre: Contemporary Romance BOOK BLURB: Summer on the Jersey Shore and all Rick Sheridan wants is some solitude at his beach house. Then he spots a lean, leggy blonde coming out of the surf and his plans are shot to hell. And the dangerous looking knife strapped to her arm tells him this is no damsel in distress. As a not-so retired Marine, at 51, Rick’s learned that nothing is for
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents A Highland Emerald Virtual Book Publicity Tour @RayburnLady #Scottish #Historical #Romance #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Brenda B. Taylor’s A HIGHLAND EMERALD Virtual Book Tour September 3 – 28! Inside the Book Title: A HIGHLAND EMERALD Author: Brenda Taylor Publisher: Bethabara Press Pages: 268 Genre: Scottish Historical Romance BOOK BLURB: Aine MacLean is forced into an arranged marriage with Sir William, Chief of Clan Munro, yet her heart belongs to a handsome young warrior in her father’s guard. She must leave Durant Castle, the home of her birth on the Isle of Mull, and travel across Scotland in a perilous journey to her husband’s home on Cromarty Firth. William agrees to a year and day of
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Spine Chillers: The Scarecrow Virtual Book Publicity Tour #crime #thriller #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Nancy Gray’s SPINE CHILLERS: THE SCARECROW Virtual Book Tour August 20 – September 20! Inside the Book Title: SPINE CHILLERS: THE SCARECROW Author: Nancy Gray Publisher: Independent Pages: 113 Genre: Mid-Grade Horror BOOK BLURB: Eleven year old, Sophie, arrives at her Aunt and Uncle’s farm to horrible news: her cousin, Hunt, has gone missing.  When Sophie starts searching for clues to where her cousin went, strange things happen.  The scarecrow wanders around the cornfields at night and murders of crows lash out at other animals for no reason at all. An ancient spirit wants revenge. Sophie will have to be
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Azrael Virtual Book Publicity Tour @MTEllisAuthor #crime #thriller #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you M.T. Ellis’ AZRAEL Virtual Book Tour September 3 – 28! Inside the Book Title: AZRAEL Author: M.T. Ellis Publisher: Independent Pages: 340 Genre: Crime Thriller BOOK BLURB: Emily thought her ordeal was over after she escaped a brutal kidnapping. She’s wrong. He’s coming for her again. The body Detective Rose is looking at bears a striking resemblance to Emily, a woman who survived a horrific, sexually motivated abduction five years ago. Her fear is confirmed when Emily goes missing again. When another woman, Grace, is abducted, Detective Rose finds herself doubting the instincts that tell her the disappearance is the
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  • August 1, 2018
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Interview with Joerg H. Trauboth, Author of Three Brothers

“Buddy McAllen is not far away. In fact, they almost trip over his ejector seat. The wind fills his parachute, causing it to pull away from the long, slender body of the American pilot and then deflate again. Buddy is shaking. The right side of his head along with his short blond hair is covered in blood. George sees a large dark stain on Buddy’s olive-green flight suit just above his right hip and, underneath him, a rather large pool of dried blood on the ground…” –From THREE BROTHERS by Joerg H. Trauboth Joerg H. Trauboth (Wikipedia) was born just outside of Berlin in 1943 during an air-raid. He
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Interview with Traci Highland, Author of Miss Behave

“Dear Miss Behave, Last weekend I was at the pool with the children, and there was a woman naked and walking around the locker room.  I hate to be prissy, but to be naked around young children like that just isn’t right.  She comes to the pool regularly and I am not the only one who has happened upon her strolling around the locker room without clothes.  Now I know there are showers and that people change in locker rooms, but showers should be taken while wearing bathing suits and there are private changing rooms that are clearly marked.  How can I convey to her the accepted rules of
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Interview with Charlene Whitman, Author of Wyoming Tryst #historical #western #romance

“Thinking about her lawless town made her thoughts settle back on her father and the never-ending feud between the Carsons and the Morrisons—a feud Julia neither wanted nor understood. Yet here she was, in the midst of it, her party just one more piece of wood to throw on the fire of contention. She hoped it wouldn’t add to the blaze and worried that rather than enjoy her sixteenth year celebration, she would suffer the heat of her father’s ire for Stephen Morrison, and it would leave her scorched.” –From Wyoming Tryst by Charlene Whitman The author of “heart-thumping” Western romance, Charlene Whitman spent many years living on Colorado’s
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Interview with Michael McMenamin, Author of Appointment in Prague

“KEEPING SECRETS from her husband, Bourke Cockran, Jr., was nothing new for Mattie McGary as she gently kissed her sleeping husband goodbye before she left for her office where she had to prepare two pieces of correspondence. One was an ‘eyes only’ letter to her godfather, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, telling him everything about her new mission, one he never would have approved had he known beforehand. The other was a letter to her husband on the same subject where she most definitely would not tell him ‘everything’. The second letter would be much more difficult to write than the first.” –From Appointment in Prague by Michael & Kathleen
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Interview with Catherine Wyatt-Morley and Jalyon Welsh-Cole, Authors of I Am The Product of Rape: A Memoir #memoir @CWM_Women

“A ferocious human predator ripped through our family, drooling over the innocent―leaving none untouched. Generations of child predators have devoured their vulnerable offspring and siblings, molesting our family’s youth unconcerned about the magnitude of their actions. Silence has become the gateway to mental health issues throughout our lineage.  I Am the Product of Rape―A Memoir exposes generational secrets, lies, cover-ups and denial and their consequences. Told from my perspective, this is my family story, a glimpse into four women irreversibly scarred by traumatic abuse.” From I Am The Product of Rape: A Memoir by Catherine Wyatt-Morley and Jalyon Welsh-Cole Catherine Wyatt-Morley is the founder, chief executive officer and heartbeat
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Mortal Foe Virtual Book Publicity Tour @MartyRoppelt #supernatural #thriller #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Marty Roppelt’s MORTAL FOE Virtual Book Tour September 3 – 28! Inside the Book Title: MORTAL FOE Author: Marty Roppelt Publisher: Dragon Breath Press Pages: 213 Genre: Supernatural Thriller BOOK BLURB: A picture is worth a thousand words… But what if that image can only bee seen through the lens of one camera? What is the snapshot can only be seen by a select few? What if the photo has its origins in the pit of Hell? What is that face belongs to an enemy bent on destruction? This is Buddy Cullen’s fate when he first dreams of his grandfather’s
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