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From The Journals Of Candidia Smith-Foster:

“By now reader probably wondering who or what H. post hominem might be. Or (at very least) me. Viewed in that light, introductions are in order:“

Name: Candidia Maria Smith-Foster. Born 11 years ago to Smiths; orphaned six months later; adopted by Dr. and…

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I love this science fiction novel about an amazingly capable and courageous young girl who survives an apocalypse in an underground bunker only to emerge afterward into a world seemingly empty of people. Haven’t we all imagined what it would be like to find ourselves suddenly alone in the world?

As I read this book, I didn’t have any problem doing that. Would I have followed clues to the survivors as diligently as she did? Would I have faced the obstacles and bad actors as courageously as she did? And at the end of the journey, would I have made…

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