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For Tempus...was a dozen storm gods' avatar no army he sanctified could know defeat no war he fought could not be won. Combat was life to him he fought like the gods themselves.

Janet Morris

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Janet Morris
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: May 25
Author
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Science Fiction Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Janet Ellen Morris
Janet E. Morris
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