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“A great death is in the air.”

Arlo is lost. He thought he had everything figured out.
Go to university, fall in love, get a job.
But life doesn’t always work like that, and before he has a chance to figure it out, he dies.

In the space of a…

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1 author picked Fallen Thorns as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Fallen Thorns is a debut novel for Baxter, and an extremely strong one at that. Fallen Thorns isn't just a simple vampire story. So much unfolds in this book it left my head spinning.

We follow Arlo, a sweet, innocent and shy young man. He set out to attend university, thinking he already had his entire life mapped out. Until he dies. Everything Arlo ever thought he knew about the world is turned completely upside down. He is taken in by a group of people who say they will teach him what he is and how to survive in the…

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