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Mervi Hamalainen

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Mervi Hamalainen was born in Finland and lives there surrounded by huge piles of TBR books. She loves fantasy and science fiction. She fell in love with stories about Robin Hood at an early age. Her two favorites are the TV-show Robin of Sherwood and the film Adventures of Robin Hood.

She’s currently working on the next Robin Hood story and also on her superhero/science fiction book, Age of Monsters.

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	Robin Hood: the Wrath of the Earl of Huntingdon (Tales from Sherwood, #1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Tsalmoth (Vlad Taltos, #16)

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Fantastic Four, Vol. 1: Whatever Happened to the Fantastic Four?

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Squishy's Teams

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“Some prices are just too high, no matter how much you may want the prize. The one thing you can't trade for your heart's desire is your heart.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Memory

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“Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.”
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“Since no one is perfect, it follows that all great deeds have been accomplished out of imperfection. Yet they were accomplished, somehow, all the same.”
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“A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind.”
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