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After all the dangerous adventures I'd had, I couldn't die like this. Sadie would be devastated. Then, once she got over her grief, she'd track down my soul in the Egyptian afterlife and tease me mercilessly for how stupid I'd been.

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Rick Riordan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: June 5
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Richard Russell Riordan
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