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by The First Observer
Find book one on amazon here: Amazon.com: August Intruder: The Gifted eBook : Observer, The First: Kindle Store Find book one on audible here: August Intruder: The Gifted Audiobook by The First Observer Melmarc Lockwood dreams to be a Gifted. And even if he's lucky enough to be one of the minute few to develop Skills and a Class, and go into Portals to seal them, his goal to be a Delver so powerful that fights would end with his very presence before they even begin is still very far in the distance, so far that it's almost an unreasonable dream. With an uncle with an odd penchant for collecting 'civilized discarded items,' and a murderous portal chibi, who knows what he can achieve. Average to strong MC Schedule is Tuesday and Friday
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