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Gemmell’s love-letter to the work of Louis L’Amour (though also bearing the influence of the Clint Eastwood film, Pale Rider, which had been released a couple of years earlier), Wolf in Shadow was written when Gemmell was in danger of losing his job as a journalist (sure enough, he was made redundant a short while after), and when – as he recalls in his preface to a reissue of the novel – he was coming to terms with the fact that his mother had terminal cancer. This is the first in a loose trilogy of novels featuring Jon Shannow, half-crazed Christian pilgrim and gun-toting hero who stalks the post-apocalyptic world of the future, in search of the lost city of Jerusalem. 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Haunted by visions of her fugitive mother, the “Instigator” of the New Current rebellion who in The Forbidden Vial proved eager to steal Alessia’s burgeononing empath and mind control powers, Alessia struggles to balance her life, navigate those powers, and possibly save Atlantis. This second book of Laine’s Alessia in Atlantis series picks up on another under-the-sea school year for 12-year-old Alessia and her friends-and a new/old threat to their beloved Lost City. What are Steve Harvey’s charitable contributions?.What brands have Steve Harvey endorsed?.What are the notable events in Steve Harvey’s life?.How big is Steve Harvey’s car collection?. 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