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The Year of the Hydra
The Year of the Hydra
The Year of the Hydra
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Could a dark agenda be woven into the architecture of China's most sacred ancient temple? An agenda that only Julian Mancer is seeing? Or is Julian off his meds again? If the structure were in fact a doomsday device awaiting an astronomical tripwire-could Julian stop it? Julian is determined to discover the answer, as soon as he concludes a far more pressing matter involving a sixteen-year-old girl with a MOST intriguing mutation.

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Release dateJan 5, 2024
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