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	Liberty (Two Democracies: Revolution, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 540 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Independence (Two Democracies: Revolution, #0.5) 3.70 avg rating — 266 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prejudice (Two Democracies: Revolution, #2) 3.95 avg rating — 146 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Newcomer: Twelve Science Fiction Short Stories by Alasdair C. Shaw (Goodreads Author), Griffin Carmichael, Cindy Carroll (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Equality (Two Democracies: Revolution #3) 4.20 avg rating — 98 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hidden (Two Democracies: Revolution #4) 4.32 avg rating — 84 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Officer: Eleven Science Fiction Short Stories by Alasdair C. Shaw (Goodreads Author) (Editor), M. Pax (Goodreads Author), Corrie Garrett (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Guardian by Alasdair C. Shaw (Goodreads Author) (Editor), J.J. Green (Goodreads Author), Edward M. Grant (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 86 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fraternity (Two Democracies: Revolution #5) 4.39 avg rating — 38 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Renegade: Eleven Science Fiction Short Stories by Alasdair C. Shaw (Goodreads Author), Nate Johnson, Rick Partlow (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 39 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Siobhan Dunmoore was losing the war one ship at a time. The Shrehari Empire had burned more hulls out from under her than any other officer in the Fleet. Some said she was too aggressive. Others said too reckless. The enemy called her something else—something they spat with fear. None of it mattered. Not all her enemies wore Imperial uniforms. Read more of this blog post »

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Two Democracies: Revolution (5 books)
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Walking Through the Past (6 books)
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“Countless believers have begged me to intercede on their behalf while I sleep on in ignorance. So many wasted prayers, thrown away like wishes down a well.”
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“time. Damn God for leaving him on this forsaken world! What kind of loving Father would do that to His most faithful servant? Try as he might, Jacob began to believe less in that love and more in the notion that God was nothing more than a cruel, capricious bastard.”
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“Some theories say time is already complete and part of the physical universe... that we're only experiencing the illusion of travelling through it. Others say there are multitudes of futures, each decided whenever there's a choice of possibilities.”
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