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And the ship sailed onward, gliding serenely down the moonlit river toward the dark lands beyond.

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Christopher Paolini
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: November 17
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
LA
California
Christopher James Paolini
Toward
Sailed
Beyond
Gliding
Land
Onward
Dark
Lands
Ship
Ships
River
Moonlit
Rivers
Serenely

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