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Great tragedies have great consequences. They ripple through the fabric of this world and the next. When the loss is too great for either world to bear, Everlost absorbs the shock, like a cushion between the two.

Neal Shusterman

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Neal Shusterman
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 12
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