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Richard Authier Lee

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The audiobook version of Lee's 2017 first novel, "High Ground," is now available on Audible and iTunes. He is working on the novel's sequel.

The second book involves characters from the first set in coastal Maine, but follows a storyline unraveling a new mystery, brought to them by the media coverage and celebrity of their clash with High Ground Technologies in Book One.

Rick Lee grew up in the United States, in Hanover, New Hampshire, in a family where reading was a relaxation and storytelling a revered skill. While in school, he worked part time in a movie theater, managed by his grandfather, where he developed a love for film. A love of reading and movies is clear in his writing, which always begins with a keen sense of place and draws fr ...more

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The Divine Within: Selected Writings on Enlightenment

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Incredibly insightful and beautifully told story of Berlin on the run-up to WWII. History written like a novel. A page-turner of the first order.
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