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Driven by unbearable loneliness to mad acts, Devereau threatens to expose the family's own tenuous facade-which would prove fatal to the Frenches. Meanwhile, Antoinette DuVallier, a beautiful, Cassandra-like fugitive from New Orleans with mysterious ties to the Frenches, arrives on her own desperate mission. Her overpowering presence detonates long-repressed conflicts, unleashing a devastating upheaval of fire and blood that tears asunder the once-sleepy hamlet. 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With a burly bodyguard known as God's Left Tackle at his side, Greenberg heads to Israel and uncovers an international conspiracy--a toxic cocktail of cutting-edge science, human achievement, and greed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Second Coming just may be Greenberg's last hurrah. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory, science and mystery-lovers alike will devour Ed Protzel's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Antiquities Dealer. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt's a globetrotting thrill ride with a unique cast of characters who navigate intense action sequences, confounding puzzles and supremely high stakes.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eRob Samborn, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Prisoner of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e A] deep story of religion, evolution, and sci-fi. 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Trapped in a terrifying cycle of murder and revenge, scarred by Quantrill's cold-blooded Lawrence massacre and the Union army's ruthless Order Eleven, Durk and everyone he cares for soon find themselves entangled in a struggle for their very survival. Honor Among Outcasts takes readers on a pulse-pounding journey of desperate men and women caught up in the merciless forces of hatred and fear that tear worlds apart, and the healing power of friendship to bring them together. What led to this unlikely and risky friendship? Read The Lies That Bind, Book 1 of Ed Protzel's DarkHorse Trilogy. 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