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    <body><![CDATA[Great! Great! Great! Science fiction set in an arab detective novel! I really loved it. It was gritty in the way the classic noir detctive novels are but with the added worldiness of Islam and Arab cynicicism. Plus really interesting technological developments. Characters are all fun and real. <br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37691299">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the second book in a trilogy. I just read it once; I do not really remember much of it except that I liked the first book and re-read it several times while I did not do the same with this. I never had the opportunity to get the third book (&quot;Exile Kiss&quot;), so maybe I felt this one w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23356604">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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