Chris Speakman's Review of Gate of Souls

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Hello Familiar's Tale Friends!
Here is the link to Chris Speakman's review of Gate of Souls, A Familiar's Tale, Book One,

http://www.freewebs.com/chrischatreviews/2009gateofsouls.htm

I will probably read it over and over, eating drobba until reality slaps me back to my writing.

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