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    God Rat
    God Rat
    God Rat
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    God Rat

    By Daniel Forbes

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    There is a giant rat prowling the city of Port Royal. It is almost as big as a man, and the locals have begun calling it the God Rat. Rats has faced this foe before and barely escaped with his life. This time only one will walk away.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDaniel Forbes
    Release dateNov 1, 2020
    ISBN9781005511401
    God Rat
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    Daniel Forbes

    Daniel is a desert rat living in a ghost town cause ghosts are better company. He collects crafts, preferably ones that a becoming rare. Writing and his various crafts are the way he deals with life. He is married to a wonderful woman who is both his illustrator and inspiration. A quote from Daniel "Peanut butter chocolate chips cookies rule."

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      God Rat - Daniel Forbes

      God Rat

      Tales of the Yettiverse Shorts

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      This ebook is licensed for personal use only, and many not be resold or given away. If you would like to give this book away please purchase additional copies. Thank you for respecting the hard work of the authors

      A big Thank You to Blaze. With out him asking for a sad story the Rats character would never have existed.

      Thank You to my wonder wife. I love you so much. Words cannot describe how grateful I am for your love and support.

      The Tale begins:

      The market had closed early tonight on the account of a power outage. This meant that everyone closed up in a hurry and most of the security systems would not be

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