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    <body><![CDATA[<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://meta-tainment.com/2007/05/01/book-review-ancestor/" title="http://meta-tainment.com/2007/05/01/book-review-ancestor/">http://meta-tainment.com/2007/05/01/book...</a><br/><br/>What began as an online audio book has become an excellent novel by Scott Sigler. Mad scientists, secret agents, and ex-Military businessmen make this the most thrilling novel I’ve ever read.<br/><br/>The story really keeps you on the edge of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24001466">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I listened to this on my ipod,  a little bit disturbing but easy to listen to.]]></body>
    
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