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    The Dragon with One Ruby Eye
    The Dragon with One Ruby Eye
    The Dragon with One Ruby Eye
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    The Dragon with One Ruby Eye

    By Paul Moomaw

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    Retired CIA case officer, Adam Pray, discovers that the life of a rich and idle Seattle playboy bores him to tears. When offered a chance to do a free-lance job for the Firm, he jumps at it. What Pray doesn’t know is that he is being used as a pawn between warring factions in the Firm.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTheFictionWorks
    Release dateNov 23, 2010
    ISBN9781581245509
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