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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
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Science Fiction Writer
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LA
California
Christopher James Paolini
Dark
Lands
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Moonlit
Rivers
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Toward
Sailed
Beyond
Gliding
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Onward

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