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Maya Banks was one of our guest speakers at the Digital Rogue Seminar a couple of years ago and I bribed her with an ad space at Dear Author. She saved it for this book, The Darkest Hour. I enjoyed it (I'm throwing this endorsement in for free) and maybe you will too.

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