Martin's Must-Reads: 'The Franchise'

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Jun 16, 20261:48Science & Medicine

“The Malicarn. The sixteenth winter in the reign of Queen Hannah. At night the master would invite the journeymen and apprentices to supper with his family, and that is where Buck first heard real tales of the old wars....

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