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Although Lancer Kind lives in the Seattle area, he spends much of his time traveling to India, China, and Thailand. He's a 2003 graduate of the Clarion writer's workshop and a 2006 graduate of the Odyssey writer's workshop. As an active member of the science fiction community, he's spoken at NorwesCon, CascadiaCon, Foolscap, ReaderCon, and WorldCon (Denvention). When not writing, he's skateboarding, plotting how to make the world a better place, and studying Mandarin.
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	SCRUM NOIR: Mad Dog Mary episode 1 by Lancer Kind (Goodreads Author), Dhaval Panchal really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014	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
	Honolulu Hottie 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	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
	SCRUM NOIR: A Silo to Hell! episode 1 by Lancer Kind (Goodreads Author), Dhaval Panchal 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	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
	Scrum Noir: Bad Boys of Scrum (Scrum Noir MEGA Digest) by Lancer Kind (Goodreads Author), Dhaval Panchal liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	SCRUM NOIR: Mad Dog Mary (Scrum Noir MEGA Digest Book 2) by Lancer Kind (Goodreads Author), Dhaval Panchal it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014	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
	Memory's Victims it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	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
	Caveman Funk it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	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
	SCRUM NOIR: Mad Dog Mary, episode 3 by Lancer Kind (Goodreads Author), Dhaval Panchal it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	Agile Noir by Lancer Kind (Goodreads Author), Lilian Jiang (Illustrator), Ebin John Poovathany (Afterword) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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New Rock New Realm

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Effective Kafka: A Hands-On Guide to Building Robust and Scalable Event-Driven Applications with Code Examples in Java

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Data: Principles To Practice - Volume 2: Exploring Big Data, Data Science, Machine Learning, Data Analysis, Visualization, Security, and Ethical Insights for Organizational Success

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filled with wonderful details and gripping action This is my first Banks book. The story telling is deep in many layers: main character, interesting situations, deep back drop of civilizations and motivations. It’s like reading a historical fiction bu ...more
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“This group performed well no matter what he did. Nick said it was mostly because of one guy. You can see this guy is causing Nick to get almost infuriated—his negative moves aren’t working like they had in the other groups, because this guy could find a way to flip it and engage everyone and get people moving toward the goal.”
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“The Culture was different. Horza could see no end to its policy of continual and escalating interference. It could easily grow forever, because it was not governed by natural limitations. Like a rogue cell, a cancer with no “off” switch in its genetic composition, the Culture would go on expanding for as long as it was allowed to. It would not stop of its own accord, so it had to be stopped. This was a cause he”
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