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Brimstone

by Cherie Priest

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Brimstone by Cherie Priest appears in NPR’s 2017 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around sci fi, fantasy & speculative fiction, for history lovers, love & romance, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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