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    The Edge
    The Edge
    The Edge
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    The Edge

    By Joseph Sweet

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    A young man must quickly come to grips with the prospect of his own end and what it all means as the world around him slowly vanishes, consumed by a ravenous, seemingly sentient darkness.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJoseph Sweet
    Release dateJul 1, 2013
    ISBN9781301412457
    The Edge
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    Joseph Sweet

    Joseph Sweet was born October 31 1976, and has been writing seriously since the age of sixteen. He currently lives in the upstate NY community of Watertown. Aside from writing he plays guitar and keyboard, writes and sings his own songs, and is an amateur photographer. He has worked in Television and radio doing voices and making and editing commercials, played in several bands, and acted in theater, but his greatest passion is and always has been his writing.

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