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The Emrys! The Emrys is here!' Merlin shook his head in astonishment. 'Has it come to this?' he wondered. 'Even small children know me by sight.

Stephen R. Lawhead

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Stephen R. Lawhead
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: July 2
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Kearney
Nebraska
Shook
Wondered
Sight
Head
Small
Come
Children
Merlin
Even
Astonishment

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