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Beyond, the unknown lay before us once more, and another impossible task. The four of us emerged from the earth and turned our steps west, toward the last hope for Salvation.

Ann Aguirre

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Ann Aguirre
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 27
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
the United States of America
Ellen Connor
Ava Gray
Impossible
Lays
Four
Salvation
Lasts
Tasks
Last
Turned
Hope
West
Another
Toward
Emerged
Earth
Beyond
Unknown
Steps
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