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	Visitor (Transcendence, #1) by John Triptych (Goodreads Author), Michel Lamontagne 3.89 avg rating — 894 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
	Vector (Transcendence, #2) by John Triptych (Goodreads Author), Michel Lamontagne 4.06 avg rating — 453 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
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	Variant (Transcendence, #3) by John Triptych (Goodreads Author), Michel Lamontagne 3.76 avg rating — 223 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
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The Boy in the Gutter

I've always wanted to write a detective novel. To me, its a right of passage. I had thought about writing a book in the tradition of hard nosed private eyes like Philip Marlowe, Sam Spade, and Lew Archer.

In the end though, I chose a Chinese-American student as a protagonist. I set it in the usual spot for this genre--Los Angeles, and shifted back in time to just a few year Read more of this blog post »

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