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    What Maid is Today?
    What Maid is Today?
    What Maid is Today?
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    What Maid is Today?

    By John Eric Sweat

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    The maids are revolting. Dominic Thule, diletante of the occult arts faces a serious challenge as the hired help seems intent on killing him with as much maximum damage as possible.

    But when Clara Clover, his most recent hire is abducted, Dominic Thule prepares himself for a magical duel against his archrival, Magister Necros.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn Eric Sweat
    Release dateJan 29, 2011
    What Maid is Today?
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    John Eric Sweat

    Born in Houston in 1963, John Eric Sweat now lives in Connecticut with his two daughters and voracious cat. His love of fantasy began at a young age and by high school had managed to collect almost the entire Ballantine Adult Fantasy series plus anything else he could find by Robert E. Howard. However, it has taken decades before he finally decided to attempt his own take on the genre.

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      What Maid is Today? - John Eric Sweat

      WHAT MAID IS TODAY?

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      John Eric Sweat

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      What Maid is Today?

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      WHAT MAID IS TODAY?

      Dominic Thule’s maids are revolting. The diletante of the occult arts faces a serious challenge from the hired help.

      Saturday Afternoon

      Composure was a trait Dominic Thule cultivated in the wake of catastrophe – whether he was responsible for said event or not. But this was assuredly the worst of all calamaties, a disaster, nothing less than a fiasco.

      But calmness of mind was not so easily attained. With a trembling hand Thule attempted to comb back the mane of black hair that stuck out to all points of the

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