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The Lost King's Curse
by Michael Goe
Frans Abel is an eccentric economist with a dastardly secret—he is immortal. After discovering a lost, ancient artifact within a tyrannical king's skull, he has inherited a troublesome curse he has failed countless times to unravel. Will his next attempt finally free him?
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