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Evil lives in a pit. If you want to fight it – you must climb down in the slime to do so.

David Gemmell

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David Gemmell
Age: 57 †
Born: 1948
Born: August 1
Died: 2006
Died: July 28
Author
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London
England
David Andrew Gemmell
Ross Harding
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Fighting
Evil
Lives
Must
Slime
Climb
Climbs

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