Taking Ground
Wolfhounds, Book 2
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Narrated by:
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Kyf Brewer
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By:
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John Van Stry
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With the Battle of Portlandia behind him, Chase is a hero now, and the rank and file truly believe he's the prince the Command Team claims he is.
For his part, Chase has made his choice, and now he's committed. As the face of the revolution, he's in it to win it because anything else will lead to his death. The twenty-five million-credit bounty on his head will see to that.
The problem he faces now is convincing Fleet Captain Witner and his Command Team to trust him when Chase still doesn't trust them enough to tell them who he truly is. Chase has been betrayed too many times in his past to come clean easily, and for all that, he's doing everything they ask of him. Until the Captain and his team give him a seat at the table, he's not about to start trusting any of them.
So he's content to let them continue believing he's a fraud of their own creation to justify the search for a real heir.
Still, he now has Claire on his side, and he can't think of anyone else he'd rather have there. She's as driven as he is and at least as crazy. He's never met a better fighter and probably never will. As a duchess, she's been teaching him valuable lessons about how to act and what to say. As a friend and lover, she's giving him something he never thought he'd have—a reason to win.
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 20
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Nash has got a pretty good thing going on. A hot girlfriend who always takes him back, money whenever he needs it, the respect—no matter how grudgingly given—of his peers, and a safe place to lay his head each night when he goes to sleep. For one of the animal people working the underground of the recently rebuilt Vegas, what more could he want?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent story!
- By Brian Lee Gnad (The Bubba Man) on 09-26-24
By: John Van Stry
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Gods of War
- The Last Marines, Book 1
- By: William S. Frisbee Jr.
- Narrated by: John Pirhalla
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 139
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 123
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 122
After more than 20 years in special operations, USMC Gunnery Sergeant Wolf Mathison wasn’t looking forward to retirement when—implanted with an experimental artificial intelligence—he deployed on his last mission with a platoon of Marine Raiders being sent to the Jovian moon Europa. The USS Jefferson was destroyed en route, though, and only Mathison and three other marines survived. Trapped in stasis, they were hurled into the outer reaches of the solar system, where they wouldn’t be found for hundreds of years.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I good. Really no good
- By Rodney on 02-04-23
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Psi Wars: Homecoming
- Psi Wars, Book 1
- By: Rick Partlow
- Narrated by: Derek Shoales
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 5
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 5
Korri Fontenot left family behind on Earth a century ago to fight in a war that broke her body and her mind. Now, her great-granddaughter, Jackie, has followed in her footsteps. First as a Marine and then as a mercenary outlaw, Jackie has made the mistake of breaking into a secret corporate lab and stealing an ancient alien artifact. Dark forces want the artifact back.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Halting narration, uninteresting characters and universe
- By Amazon Customer on 10-10-24
By: Rick Partlow
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The Last Fleet: A Military Sci-Fi Series
- The Last Fleet, Book 1
- By: Joshua T. Calvert
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 13
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Story4 out of 5 stars 13
For generations, we colonized worlds, and the human race spread throughout the galaxy. One discovery could end it all. They called the ship Lady Vengence, and her Captain, Gavin Andal, was young, a bit arrogant, and the perfect fit for a bunch of misfits more interested in shore leave than work. Nobody was interested in being a hero. Sometimes there's no choice.
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1 out of 5 stars
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wow! incredibly boring
- By Prime Customer in Colorado on 10-28-24
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Farm or Die
- By: Montgomery Quinn
- Narrated by: Boise Blue, Raya Kane
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story5 out of 5 stars 9
Dapy was an odd fellow. Not the bad sort. Just the quiet sort. The animals spoke to him far better than people did. Not that Dapy would ever mind. Living the simple farmer’s life was all he looked forward to. Until it wasn’t.
By: Montgomery Quinn
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Messenger Corps
- Messenger Corps, Book 1
- By: J.N. Chaney, Terry Maggert, Glenn Seguin
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13
For years, pilots who merely looked like soldiers were adequate. They filled the mechs. They filled roles. They supported Spann and his genetic offshoot of pure-blooded warriors known as the Superba. Spann's dream of absolute power ends with a single, crushing blow as a new enemy strikes at the Realm, leaving no survivors—followed by a mad dash to find fighters who can stand up in the old ways, using the mechs gifted to humanity by their oldest allies. Even in the midst of war, there is hope.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Pretty good but…
- By J. Ridpath on 11-18-24
By: J.N. Chaney, and others
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Days of Future Past: 3 Book Series
- By: John Van Stry
- Narrated by: Doug Tisdale Jr.
- Length: 19 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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From book 1: Paul's been having a bad day, perhaps one of the worst days he's ever had. And now into the middle of all this, his instructor just got drafted by some mystical goddess to help save a world... From book 2: Coyote has a new task for Paul, one that involves him traveling north hundreds of miles over the post-apocalyptic landscape of California, the place that Paul once called home... From book 3: Coyote has one final task for Paul, the one that is the whole reason Coyote shanghaied him here in the first place.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great series at a great value
- By graham on 10-12-19
By: John Van Stry
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Take Two
- VeilVerse, Book 1
- By: John Van Stry
- Narrated by: Andrea Parsneau
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 293
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 256
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 256
Breck was a heavy metal rock star and to some, perhaps, even a rock god. Playing bass since he was 10, he learned to sing and write music under the tutelage of some of the industry's best. His band was one of the loudest and heaviest out there, and they had moved from one hit record to the next with ease. Married to a supermodel and being at the top of the rock star pyramid, life for Breck was everything he'd ever wanted it to be.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Irritating
- By Nathan Parker on 11-29-20
By: John Van Stry
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Federation Marine: Recruit
- Federation Marine, Book 1
- By: J.N. Chaney, Jonathan P. Brazee
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 72
What would you do to change your life? How far would you go? How hard would you fight? Rather than work his bones into dust toiling away on a barren world, Ryck Lysander chooses to enlist in the Federation Marine Corps. But as he quickly finds out, this path isn't just a job...it's a calling...and not everyone is suited to wear the uniform.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Like an old engine in winter, took a bit to warmup
- By RJSTORLIE on 10-14-23
By: J.N. Chaney, and others
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A Soldier's Life, Book 1
- A Soldier's Life, Book 1
- By: Always RollsAOne, ERICK THIEMKE
- Narrated by: Jonathan Waters
- Length: 13 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 404
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 358
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Story5 out of 5 stars 358
Follow an unfortunate soul who has been thrown into a fantasy world with nothing. He is quickly railroaded into joining the Legion and has to develop under harsh conditions while slowly discovering his potential power.
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5 out of 5 stars
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As a soldier myself the parallels are great
- By Rocky on 05-06-24
By: Always RollsAOne, and others
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Undead Marine
- By: J.N. Chaney, Jonathan P. Brazee
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 68
Sergeant Paxton Alejo is a League of Humanity Marine Commando, the best of the best. After getting sent to oversee a batch of fresh conscripts, Pax makes the fateful decision to sacrifice his life to save his subordinates. He is posthumously awarded the Cross of Honor, the highest military medal . . .
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4 out of 5 stars
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Really Interesting Concept - A Great Listen, but .
- By JDH on 08-06-24
By: J.N. Chaney, and others
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Devil Calls the Tune
- By: Chris Maddox
- Narrated by: KC Johnston
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 33
Welcome to the Choirboys! Niko Devlin was a street kid. When his father was called to duty and his mother made an invalid by a plague, Niko learned to survive by his wits. He stole what he needed to stay alive and fought to keep what he stole. Until he got arrested. On the eve of his majority birthday, Niko got laid off from his job and found out the son of the local crime lord had been selling his mom drugs and forcing her to “entertain” his friends.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Slow to develop, but wants to beat gets rolling…
- By Cap_Tea🐝 on 07-17-21
By: Chris Maddox
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The Half-Life Empire: An Alien Apocalypse Novel
- The Half-Life Empire, Book 1
- By: Shami Stovall
- Narrated by: Diana Richardson
- Length: 15 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14
Hacker Kita Yamasaki would do anything to escape the post-apocalyptic landscape that was the result of the Forever Winter. But for a normal person, the only options are the war-hungry nation-state of Ex Cathedra or the isolationist United California. Fortunately, Kita is anything but normal. When she finds a faded brochure for the BC Oasis—an underground greenhouse capable of sheltering a quarter million people—she jumps at the opportunity, even going so far as to steal a fission battery the oasis requires to operate at full capacity.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Did it again
- By Rayman on 10-30-23
By: Shami Stovall
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Antecedents' Legacy
- Antecedents' Legacy, Book 1
- By: Daniel Schinhofen
- Narrated by: Andrea Parsneau
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 300
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 243
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 243
Shifted by quantum entanglement from Earth to an alien planet, military contractor Zander Greaves and his squad would have to adapt—and quickly—if they wanted to live. As they tried to understand what was happening, the stark truth of their new reality thrust itself on the shaken humans. Giant machines of war were attacking an equally humongous bug. And, quite unfortunately, the giant bug had a lot of little friends.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Different
- By No one important on 09-16-23
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Dead Freeze
- By: Misty Vixen, Lara X. Lust
- Narrated by: Ally Frey
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 22
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 20
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Story5 out of 5 stars 20
Max Slater is a man on a mission. A life of salvaging tech and fighting horrors in deep space has given him nerves of steel, but now he finds himself coming up against the toughest job of his life. On a frozen, not-quite-dead planet, a desperate salvage operation has gone wrong. Max has been hired to investigate. What's left of civilization badly needs that salvage. But when his own rescue operation goes just as wrong, he finds himself fighting for his life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sci fi survival story
- By nomad on 11-14-24
By: Misty Vixen, and others
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Synchronicity War Redemption: Volume 1
- By: Dietmar Wehr
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 18
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 15
Twenty-one years have passed since the end of the wars against the Insectoids and the rogue AI Machineships. A new generation of Shilohs has joined the Space Force, much to the joy of the AIs that still revere the memory of The Cag, Victor Shiloh. And, once again, humanity is in mortal danger. The temporal backlash from multiple time jumps that the Friendlies had warned against is making itself felt with a vengeance. Can humans and their loyal AI allies find a way to undo their meddling with time? Changing the past without resorting to time travel will be but half the battle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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As good as the earlier series
- By MD on 07-08-24
By: Dietmar Wehr
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-24-24
Better and Better
If you enjoyed the Prince Roger books by John Ringo and David Weber , you'll love this series. Narration is great, story is phenomenal. I can't wait for book 3.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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- Jesse Broecker
- 06-26-24
That's my jam!
simply awesome series i love this kind of military space opera so very much! I am so excited for book three
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- CC
- 06-14-24
awesome
Great continuation of the story and honestly I can't wait for the next one
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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- Brian Lee Gnad (The Bubba Man)
- 10-10-24
A whopping good story.
The counter revolution proceeds. Things are heating up and the stakes are becoming clearer and clearer. The character development continues and the universe gets richer and deeper. I can see several possibilities as to the directions that this story can take.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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- Kindle Customer
- 07-01-24
Great book not so great narrator
The story is amazing and you should definitely read it. It’s a great continuation of the first volume and leaves you wanting more.
The narrator on the other hand isn’t great. It becomes hard to tell who is talking or even which character is talking. He has one sorta female voice for the female characters but even then he tends to switch to a male voice when more than one lady is talking. He doesn’t keep the character voices consistent, in one scene where two guys are talking he uses a Gruff voice for the older guy and his regular voice for the younger guy. Halfway through the conversation the younger guy has a gruff voice and the older guy has a regular voice. The narrator needs to work on widening his range of voices and keep the voices consistent with the characters that use that voice. His reading speed and the emotion that he puts into the characters is good and doesn’t need any work.
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