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    The Red Man
    The Red Man
    The Red Man
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    The Red Man

    By Anna Reith

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    An archaeological dig unearths an ancient Celtic secret that should have stayed buried.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFrith Books
    Release dateMay 15, 2012
    ISBN9781907623424
    The Red Man
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    Anna Reith

    Anna Reith lives behind a keyboard in the far south west of England. On the very rare occasions she is not writing, Anna enjoys taking long, muddy walks with her dogs, dabbling in her herb garden, and falling off horses. Not all at the same time, obviously.

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      The Red Man - Anna Reith

      The Red Man

      Anna Reith

      Smashwords Edition

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      Published by Frith Books at Smashwords

      Copyright 2012 Anna Reith

      ISBN: 978-1-907623-42-4

      Cover art and design by Anna Reith for Frith Books

      All rights reserved. Except for review purposes, the reproduction of this book in whole or part, electronically or mechanically, constitutes a copyright violation. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.

      This book is a work of fiction. Names, places, events, and characters are fictitious or are used fictitiously, a product of the author’s imagination. Any similarities to actual events, or persons, living or dead, are purely coincidental.

      Smashwords Edition License Notes:

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be resold or given away to other people. If

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