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The danger would be going back, or staying still. The only way out was through. The past was ruins, but the present was still in play.

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Lev Grossman
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: June 26
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Lexington
Massachusetts
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