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          • Atlantis Rising – Book 1 of the Atlantis Saga
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          • Atlantis Lost – Book 3 of the Atlantis Saga
          • Never Again: The Origin of Grukarr – A Prequel to the Atlantis Saga
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          • The Ancient One
          • Heartlight
          • The Merlin Effect
          • the Heartlight Saga Combined Edition – (Currently Out of Print)
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          • Tree Girl – A Chapter Bookmorpho_butterfly
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