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James Robison

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2 picks · 1983–1993

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Noon. The hammering sun softens, the morning turns around, darkening fast, and a hard wind shears the dunes. Cindy sits up on her towel, suddenly shocked; …

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Narrator's mother supports an agency that sends her a list of the world's political prisoners who are known to be in danger for their lives. She is…