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After Action Report: “Morgan Returns” Civil War Reenactment

The inaugural “Morgan Returns” event was a success! 

This man gave me all the affirmation I need. He already had my first three books on Kindle. I assume he got them from Amazon. He came out and got print copies of my latest two in person.  I’ve never been happier or prouder to sign a book.



“Morgan Returns” had its inaugural American Civil War reenactment last weekend, November 1-3, 2024. Gary Lima, the coordinator, invited me to come play my fiddle and sign books. By the way, can you guess which car is mine? I’ll give you a hint. I’m the starving artist.



I’ll have the answer at the end.

So here’s the report: I sold 24 books and got 9 new signups for my email list. If you are one of them, thank you, and welcome to Engdahl House.Here are some pictures I took with my new readers, three of which bought the whole series! Check it out!



I also got recruited into the battle reenactment. Here in the South, there are never enough Yankees to shoot, so since I was in uniform, I made a perfect target!



Ethan was kind enough to find me a gun and some cartridges to fire for the battle. He normally dresses in Confederate Gray, but on the first day, he took one for the team and wore his Yankee Blue.



Private Prius and I will be back next year. We’ll also be at “Morgan on the Rim” in Ridgetop the weekend before. Here are some more upcoming events where I’ll be. Not all of them are book signings but I always have plenty in my trunk if you come out and want one.

Nov. 30: Battle of Franklin Memorial at the Lotz House Museum
Dec. 7:  Yulefest at Historic Mansker’s Station
Dec. 14: Mr. & Mrs Claus Christmas in Smithville, TN
Dec: 16 Battle of Nashville Memorial
Mar. 7-8: Mid-South Military History and Civil War Show in New Haven, MS
May 2-3: Farm to Plate Dinner at the Head Farm
Jun. 5: Evening at Elmwood
Oct. 24-26: Morgan on the Rim
Oct. 31-Nov. 2: Morgan Returns



We’re planning on having The French Fiasco out early next year. I’ll let you know when the pre-order for the digital version begins. It’ll be 99¢ during that period and then $4.99 once it comes out. I don’t know how much the print or audio copies will be. 

After that, I plan on writing a novella that will be free and exclusive to members of my email list. Click the link to join!

That should be out next year as well. The working title is The Underground Railroad Ball. It’ll take place the night before Rampage on the River begins and will feature Deputy Chester E. Newman. You may recall him from the first three books. Here’s some concept art:

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After that, I’ll begin writing Black James. That will be an epic character novel that will span generations starting in Africa in the late 1700s. It features James, who is mentioned in my first three books and makes a dramatic appearance in Mexico, My Love. Here’s some concept art of James.


I hope you stick with me. I have a lot more planned.

Much love,

Cody,
Your friend.

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Book Review of The Ring, by Koji Suzuki

A paranormal thriller as thoroughly Japanese as an ancient Kami Demon.

Like most readers today, I saw the American horror movie The Ring, before I knew about this book. I had even seen the Japanese film, although I don’t remember much of it other than the feel was different from the Hollywood version. I believe the American movie is a remake of the Japanese film and not a direct adaptation of the novel. I’d like to watch both films again now that I’ve read the original source material. I’m interested in seeing how they differ. 

Although the American film is now a horror classic in itself, I’d say the book is more of a  paranormal and even perhaps a psychological thriller than a horror novel. It almost reads like a crime procedural rather than a ghost story. 

Asakawa is an investigative reporter looking into the mysterious death of four teenagers who died of sudden heart failure at the exact same time in different places, but all with the same horrified look on their faces. In the course of his investigations, he too becomes infected with the curse that seems to kill its victims, exactly one week after they watch a mysterious videotape. He enlists his eccentric friend Ryuji in a race against time to solve the mystery behind the tape before this horrific death comes for them, too.

The book has many of the main beats of the American movie but is different enough to be surprising and engaging all the way through. The back story of the tape and the mysterious girl is thoroughly Japanese and far more interesting than the movie. I enjoyed seeing it unfold as the two heroes work their way through the clues.

The character Ryuji is quirky and a lot of fun, even funny at times. He plays off of Asakawa’s straight-man demeanor very well. I have to say, there is a disturbing bit about Ryuji’s back story that might be alarming to modern-day Western readers. To this, I say: this is a Japanese novel written in 1991. It’s from a different culture and era. Also, do not let this deter you. Stick with it because as with all good storytelling, nothing is thrown away. There are reasons that things that seemingly have little to do with the plot are there. Suzuki knew what he was doing when he wrote this. Trust him.

The end sets up the sequel, Spiral, which I’m compelled to read immediately. That wasn’t my plan, but now I have to know what happens next. Keep in mind that Spiral is the sequel to the novel. I believe the American movie, Ring II  is a sequel to the first movie and not an adaptation of the second novel.

I recommend jumping in with me into this six-part series of novels. If the rest are as good as the first, I’m sure we’re in for a ride.

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Book Review of Assignment Paris, by Robert Brightwell

Assignment Paris is a lively, well-researched adventure with a great character that’s fun to read while giving you a good sense of the real history of the Franco-Prussian war.

Ne’re do-well Thomas Harrison is given a job as a war correspondent at his uncle’s paper. He’s sent to Paris and witnesses much of the war from the saber-rattling early days through many of the battles, including Sedan, the Siege of Paris, and finally, the “Bloody Week” with the destruction of the Paris Commune. There’s also a love story with great foreshadowing that’ll keep you reading to the end.

Thomas Harrison is fictional but is written as a counterpart to the real journalist Archibald Forbes.  Many of the main character’s adventures and mishaps are taken from real experiences of other journalists as well. Even his love interest is based on a legendary and somewhat mystical heroine of the Commune.

The main character’s first-person narrative acts as a tour guide of the real history. Author Robert Brightwell weaves the important historical aspects seamlessly into the story through dialog and the character’s journalistic pursuits. The result is a very readable and entertaining romp that will leave you with a good sense of what happened during the Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune that followed.

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How Should I Organize and Market My Series?

Seriously, I’m asking. 

Why I’m Asking You:

If you follow my blog posts or livestreams, you know I don’t consider myself an expert in writing, publishing, or marketing. I’m merely a guy on the path, learning, and sharing my experiences. But I’d like to learn from your experiences, too. I’d like to know what you think, whether you’re a reader, an author, or both like me. In other words, I’d like some advice, please.

The Situation:

I currently have five novels out in my Long Century series. I’m writing the sixth one now. It’s called The French Fiasco. Ittakes place four years after The Prussian Princeand is a direct sequel. It’s also a continuation of what I unofficially call “the Carliad,” which is named after Carl, the main character of the series, except for book four, Mexico, My Love, which is a prequel to the first three books. There, he’s only a baby and a side character at best. Confusing? Yes, I agree. I’ll explain more about that later.

I’m going to write Black James nextafter I finish The French Fiasco. James is mentioned in the original trilogy and then makes an appearance in the fourth book, Mexico, My Love. Black James will be a character novel that starts before the War of 1812. It’ll be connected to the series but outside of the main sequence. After Black James is out, I plan to return to the main story, with novels taking place after the French Fiasco. I currently have four planned, including a definitive series ender. Those books should all run in chronological order. 

I have books planned after that, but they won’t be part of the Carliad. I don’t know if I’ll write them as stand-alone or somehow incorporate them into the series. I have some other ideas for new series, too, but that’s a ways off from here, and anything can happen between now and then.

The History, Evolution, and Development of The Long Century series:

My initial idea was to create a character like Bernard Cornwell’s Richard Sharpe or C.S. Forester’s Horatio Hornblower, then write a series of novels following his adventures. Since I’m an American, I thought I would stay in my lane, put my series in the American Civil War, and still have all the swashbuckling Romanticism of an Alexandre Dumas novel or an Errol Flynn film. 

I decided to go with what I know, so I created a character from Detroit who joins the army and ends up in Tennessee. I picked the 2nd Michigan Cavalry to be his regiment since many of them mustered in Detroit and ultimately fought in the Battle of Nashville toward the end of the war. I also chose cavalry because the other military arms tend to stay in camp, march, or fight battles. Cavalry provides my character more opportunities to have out-of-camp adventures because they go out on patrol, scouting missions, and raids.

I also liked the 2nd Michigan because they fought in some interesting battles that few have covered. I studied their career in the war and then broke it into three novels, each one ending with a marquee battle much like Cornwell’s Sharpe series. I think that might have been the first departure from my original plan of placing the whole series in the American Civil War. 

You can tell that I already had a Mexican War prequel planned when I wrote book one, Rampage on the River: The Battle for Island No. 10  because I was clearly setting it up in Chapter One. I’m quite sure I also had an idea about doing a Franco-Prussian novel very early on. I’m writing that one now. What I didn’t know was that I would end up squeezing in an Austro-Prussian War novel, The Prussian Prince, because it solved a timing issue I had with my character and his story.

Regardless of these plans, I called my series The 2nd Michigan Cavalry Chroniclesin the beginning. I think that title was a holdover from when I thought I would crank out a bunch of Civil War novels as Cornwell did with his Sharpe series and the Napoleonic Wars. He later added some prequels that take place in India and an adventure in Chile after the war, but the series is predominantly Napoleonic. The covers of my first three books still have The 2nd Michigan Cavalry Chronicleswritten on them, even though the series name has changed twice since.

Mexico, My Love is a prequel to The 2nd Michigan Cavalry Chronicles. I initially set it up as such in the Amazon metadata but ran into problems. As a prequel, it wasn’t showing up on the landing pages of the other three books. It was also set to the side on the landing page for the series where it wasn’t listed with the others. I can’t say these were the causes, but Mexico, My Love did not perform as well as the others when I first published it. 

I concluded that because it wasn’t shown with the others, people weren’t buying it. It didn’t seem to be part of the series. However, even though I say that you can read any of my books out of order, Mexico, My Lovewas written to fit between Blood for Blood at Nashvilleand The Prussian Prince. It picks up with Claudette during the time of Blood for Blood at Nashville, then flashes back to when she was a girl in France. From there it tells the story of how she met Carl’s father, ran away with him, got tangled up in the Mexican-American War, and ended up in Detroit where we find her at the beginning of Rampage on the River.

It may have been my best book yet, but nobody was reading it. So I changed it from being a sequel outside of the main sequence, to book four of the series. This really made sense because books five and six reference it and even have some characters and consequences from Mexico, My Love. So it’s definitely part of the main story. 

But then it didn’t make sense to call the series The 2nd Michigan Cavalry Chronicles. The 2nd Michigan didn’t exist during the Mexican-American War. So I had to change the name of the series. I decided to call it The Cavalry Chronicles since that retained some similarity to the original title and Claudette’s lover is a cavalryman. This also helped fix Blood for Blood at Nashville, which really didn’t have enough 2nd Michigan Cavalry to have that series name. I did, however, leave the original series title on the covers to differentiate the Civil War Trilogy as an entity onto itself.

A quick sidebar here about Mexico, My Love: It also can work as an entry point into the series. I have a friend who just picked it up because he decided to read the series in chronological order. I think this is an interesting experiment. I hope he gives me feedback about experiencing it that way. The only problem is there is a, shall we say, “Empire-Strikes-Back-level” reveal in The Perils of Perryvillethat will be spoiled if you read Mexico, My Lovefirst. It would be like watching the Star Wars prequel trilogy of the early 2000s before watching the original trilogy that started in 1977. However, I’m sure a lot of young people experienced Star Wars that way and were none the worse for it.

Anyway, once I started writing The Prussian Prince, Irealized that even the series name The Cavalry Chronicleshad problems. Keeping it would force me to make every book about cavalry. I was already stretching it with Mexico, My Love, and forcing cavalry into The Prussian Princewould be contrived and limiting. So I had to change the name again. 

This time I needed to pick something that would make sense for all the books so far and not tie my hands for future books. I can’t keep changing the name of the series every time I write a new novel.

I went with The Long Century Series. It’s named after the Long Nineteenth Century. It’s a concept in historical study that frames the era from the French Revolution of 1789 to the onset of World War I in 1914. The idea is that the seeds of WWI were planted in the French Revolution. 

I like this idea. I even say the Long Nineteenth Century ends with the end of World War II since War World I was the culmination of all the political threads that ran back to the Revolution and that WWII was nothing more than continuation of the First World War. I also think WWII was the true end of Romanticism and that nineteenth-century notion of honor among enemies that I like to write to. 

Since I plan to end the series in WWI, I think The Long Century is a good title. It also affords me room to move backward and start Black James before the War of 1812, which was really an extension of the Napoleonic Wars.

The Question:

So, should Black James be Book Seven, should it be a side story outside of the main sequence, or perhaps should I make it its own series? 

When you think of it, The Long Century Series is, or will be, an American Civil War trilogy, then a Mexican-American War prequel, then a two-book Prussian saga, then a stand-alone character-driven story, followed by four more main sequence novels, yet, they’re all connected. How would you organize it? How would you present it to the readers? How would you market it? I look forward to hearing what you’ve got to say.

Thanks! 

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I am really enjoying this journey. I hope you are, too. I’m excited to have you along. 

Being an independent author is a struggle, but it’s the struggle that excites me. I’ve learned so much along the way, not only about history, storytelling, and writing but also about digital marketing. 

I suppose one of the advantages of being a commercially published author is that someone else does the marketing for you. I can see the allure of that. You just write the books, and they do the rest. Heck, I hear much of the editing is handed off to a professional staff so you can start cranking out your next book. So, I’m not knocking it, and please tell me if I’m wrong in my assumptions about how things work with the big publishers.

I like to think of myself as an independent author and an entrepreneur, or solopreneur, as the cool kids say. I like the marketing part of the business. I worked in advertising for years. I also enjoy interacting with my friends the readers on social media and learning from other authors there. I’ve joined several of their email lists, first to keep up with their new releases and also to learn how they do their email marketing. 

Every social media guru seems to say you need to have an email list. You may have a big following on X, Facebook, YouTube, or wherever. But that is borrowed ground, controlled by algorithms and community managers who stifle organic marketing. You own your email list, and nobody can take it away from you even though your members can unsubscribe. So always treat them with respect and give them what they want.

The best part is that after you pay the startup cost of buying a domain name and paying for an email server, it’s free advertising.

Trust me, I spend a lot of money to run ads on Amazon and Facebook. That’s usually to tell people that one of my books is 99¢ or 99p. There’s not a lot of return on investment there, even when they do buy.  The hope is that they’ll like that book so much that they’ll buy the others and become a lifelong reader.

With my list, I can fire off an email anytime I want to tell you that one of my books is on sale, and it doesn’t cost me a thing.

Admittedly, I was reluctant to get started. There were upfront costs and certainly a lot of technical effort to get the thing running. I read Bryan Cohen’s Self-Publishing and Email Marketing book and followed most of it. 

Unfortunately, there is no click-by-click guide for the technical part. I don’t think there could be because technology is constantly changing. As soon as you know how to do something on Facebook, for instance, they change it. However, I was able to use technical support on both the domain name seller and the email server side to finally marry the two after days of hair loss and tears.

There’s still a lot I need to do from Cohen’s book, including writing an exclusive free short story for people who sign up. Don’t worry, if you sign up now, or have already signed up, I’ll make sure you get it too. But that’s a long way off from here. 

Still, I’d like to know if you’d be interested in that. It would have to be connected to my series and add some insight, but not be necessary to read to understand everything else. I think it should probably take place before the narrative of Book One: Rampage on the River. I have an idea, but I’d like to hear what you think. What story would you like? What or whom would you like to know more about? 

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Poll: Which cover art do you like?

These are two mockups for my next novel.

I want to convey a frantic paranoia as the main character desperately tries to outrun the Prussian onslaught through France during the Franco-Prussian War.

Which of these do you think conveys this best and why do you think so? I’d love to hear your opinion.

This book takes place after The Prussian Prince, which is out now. Although all my books are connected, you don’t have to read them all, or in order, to enjoy any of them. So jump in where you like! There are American Civil War novels, a Mexican-American War novel, and an Austro-Prussian War book, too.

Currently, I’ve written a little over 57,000 words for The French Fiasco. I’m shooting for about 80,000, but I may go over. It’s a great story full of twists, turns, and surprises plus a lot of real history and historical characters from the Franco-Prussian War.

I just finished writing a great fight scene as the Emperor is trying to escape from the city of Metz. I’m just about done with chapter 19.

I plan to have the book out early next year but I’m not holding myself to any hard deadlines. What’s most important to me is that I give you a great book full of adventure, romance, and well-researched history. I think you’re going to like it. I’m having a blast writing it and learning so much in the research.

Thanks for hanging in there with me. I appreciate your input.

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Book Review of The Broken Kingdom, by Angus Donald

With swords, shields, sorcerers, and a dragon, The Broken Kingdom is a fresh take on the Arthurian legends.

The Romans have left Britain. Anglo-Saxon warriors are pouring in looking for land and wealth. The Brithonic Kingdoms are too splintered to stop them. Yet there is a greater threat to the east that only a united Britain has a chance to withstand, and perhaps only one man with a very special sword can unite them.

I read this novel as it was released in episodic form.

Donald masterfully blends the known history of subRoman Britain with its myths and legends to bring us a seamless marriage of historical fiction and fantasy.
I was immediately drawn into the story. I found the dragon to be spine-tingling and breathtaking. Cythraul’s full power unleashed upon an army of mere mortals felt right out of a Godzilla movie. It was absolutely metal. Donald writes very visual battle scenes that put you in the center of the action and present real stakes for the characters you care about.

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Book Review of The Broken Kingdom: Episode Five: Arthur’s Battle, by Angus Donald

Angus Donald lands the plane with Episode 5

“Arthur’s Battle” is a bombastic conclusion to a fresh foray into the Arthurian legend. Angus Donald masterfully blends the known history of subRoman Britain with its myths and legends to bring us a seamless marriage of historical fiction and fantasy, including the battle scene with the dragon we’ve all been waiting for. It felt right out of a Godzilla movie. Honestly, I was struck breathless at Cythraul’s full power unleashed upon an army of mere mortals. It was absolutely metal. 

Arthur also proves himself to be a true hero we can cheer for when he faces the choice between expediency or honor in dealing with his allies and enemies. 

The conclusion of this book is satisfying, yet leaves several open threads that will make you want to continue with this series.

“Arthur’s Battle” is the fifth and final episode of Book One: The Broken Kingdom which is the first novel of what promises to be the Wormkind Chronicles series. If you haven’t read the previous episodes, read Episode One: Authur’s Bane, then read through the following episodes from there. 

However, Donald has now released The Broken Kingdom: All Episodes as a full novel containing all five episodes. Isuggest buying that, at this point, because it’s currently a better deal. 

This may seem confusing, but it’s part of a fascinating experiment in which I happily participated. Donald is a well-known author in the historical fiction action and adventure genre. He’s got several successful series published through traditional commercial publishing houses. 

The Wormkind Chronicles is his own independent series. But instead of waiting to finish each novel before publishing, he’s releasing the story as a series of episodes as he writes. Each episode has around six chapters and is about twenty thousand words or around eighty pages. The episodes came out nearly monthly with about a four-month break between Episode Four and Five. The first five episodes make up the first novel of the series.

This made the story feel like an old-school serial in which I could look forward to the next episode. It also made it a bit hard to follow. I had to refresh my memory of the story with each new episode because I had forgotten a lot in the time in between. This won’t be a problem for new readers now that they can simply buy Book One as a complete novel and read it all at once. 

What was most impressive was that Donald treated each episode as a story arc in itself complete with its own climax and cliffhanger. It took a lot of discipline to make each episode satisfying, and yet tell a greater story. Even the last episode of Book One portends more to come.

I look forward to seeing how this experiment evolves. What are the lessons learned? What practices will continue andwhat will change? All I can say is that I’m here for the ride.

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Book Review of The Heathen Horde by Steven A. McKay

The Heathen Horde comes out swinging!

This is a fresh and exciting new look at the historical Alfred the Great, one of Britain’s most legendary kings and perhaps the Father of England.

Steven A. McKay fleshes out Alfred from the historical record and legends to give us a hero to cheer for and an authentic person to care about.

McKay’s Alfred is a flawed man who must overcome his own weaknesses if he’s to save his people from the seemingly unstoppable Viking invasion. His character reminds me a lot of Shakespeare’s Henry V. Both are legendary for their roguish behavior during their youths, chasing women and drink before taking on the dire responsibility of kingship during a time of peril.

Alfred is equally known for his faith and poor health. Most scholars believe he suffered from Chrones disease. McKay lays a convincing path for Alfred that will take him from the wild party boy prince to the pious leader and ferocious warrior.

The book is exciting from the very beginning. Its ominous prologue portends the storm to come. The sons of Ragnar Lodbrok will have their revenge, and they’re bringing their Great Heathen Army with them. Britain will made to pay.

The book picks up a young, rambunctious Prince Alfred during his brother’s reign. Alfred is a mere teenager, just beginning to learn how to fight and lead men in battle as the Viking threat grows in Wessex. We follow him through battles with the Northmen and his own demons as he grows into a man, marries, and eventually becomes king.

The book is well-structured giving us a great “darkest hour” moment and resolution in the third act that not only satisfies the plot of this first novel of what will be a trilogy but also satisfies Alfred’s development as a character. And even though there’s a satisfying conclusion to this story, do not let your guard down during the denouement because there’s a setup for the next book that will make you want to come back for more.

By the way, the bad-ass picture on the cover totally happens in the book. It’s pretty metal. I think you’ll like it.

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Book Review of The Broken Kingdom: Episode Four: Arthur’s Folly, by Angus Donald.

An exciting penultimate episode to The Broken Kingdom novel. I can’t wait for the finale!

Angus Donald is not only taking us on an action-packed adventure that mixes historical and fantastical elements, but he’s also presenting it in a novel way, which is why I was so interested in reading it.

The Wormkind Chronicles promises to be a series of fantasy novels about King Arthur in post-Roman Britain. But instead of releasing it book-by-book, Donald is releasing it digitally, episode-by-episode. This is much like the old serials written and printed in newspapers and magazines like Dumas’s Musketeers series or Johnston McCulley’s The Curse of Capistrano, where we first met Zorro.

Each episode is six chapters or about 20,000 words and goes for 99p in the UK or $1.24 in the US. The Broken Kingdom will have five episodes in total. “Arthur’s Folly” is “Episode Four” and quite a banger. You do need to read the first three episodes before this one.

I will remain spoiler-free in this review, especially since this episode starts deep in the narrative. I can say, however, that it begins and ends with action. 

We open with a battle, which Donald set up in the previous episode. Donald writes very visual battle scenes that’ll put you in the center of the action and present real stakes for the characters you care about. Even though it’s decisive, there’s definitely a “to be continued” element at the conclusion.

We then get an update on his “half-sister” Morgan and her magical training with Merlin. They can transmit their consciousnesses into animals far away and witness things as they happen, or that can happen if they allow it. 

I really like how Donald portrays this. When Morgan occupies the mind of a horse, I felt I was there too, feeling “the impact of her small unshod hooves vibrate through her bones with each strike of the firm turf.” Great stuff, man!

Morgan sees her brother’s in danger and must find a way to warn him. We also see more and more evidence that Morgan isn’t quite human. This is something that Donald’s been building since the prologue in episode one.

We finally catch up with Arthur, who is traversing a web of deceit from some while forming bonds of trust and loyalty with others as several of the storylines start to converge. 

We get an exciting and somewhat tragic duel to cap off the episode. Arthur becomes closer to the legend we know him as. But as he overcomes his human opponents, a larger, more sinister threat draws near: the Wormkind. 

The soothsayer has woken the dragon, and from its foul form, other creatures are borne like sallow unicorns, wolf-like Wulpines, and other ghastly things. 

If Britain is to survive, she must put aside her petty power struggles and unite under the one king legends have called for.

I can’t wait for the conclusion in Episode Five! Hopefully, it’s coming soon before the dragon gets me!

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