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The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive.

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Rick Riordan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: June 5
Author
Novelist
Teacher
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Military City
USA
Richard Russell Riordan
Jr.
Richard Russell Riordan Jr
World
Collapsing
Olympian
Infatuation
Mattered
Alive
Thing
Really
Love

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