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The Archangels Of Dreamland.(Brief article)(Book review)
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Small Press Bookwatch
| Date:
August 1, 2006
| COPYRIGHT 2006 Midwest Book Review. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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The Archangels Of Dreamland
Steven L. Fawcette
Thr Trophy Group, Inc.
1368 Turnbull Bay Road, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168
0977370909 $11.95 1-88-508-5816 thetrophygroup@aol.com
"The Archangels Of Dreamland" by Steven L. Fawcette is a high-tech science fiction thriller about a family who discovers a conspiracy concerning technology from the future that can destroy the world. It wasn't extraterrestrials that gave early humans an ...
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