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Viking marauders descend on a muchplundered island, hoping some mayhem will shake off the winter blahs. Towers world is a neatly drawn parallel reality populated by downontheirluck protagonists who we always root for, despite. Introducing wells tower, author of the debut story collection everything ravaged, everything burned, a collection that paralyzes with its unflinching take. A man is booted out of his home after his wife discovers that the sweatsmudged footprint on the inside of his windscreen doesnt match her own.
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