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    Broken (a Tale of Breaking Benjamin)
    Broken (a Tale of Breaking Benjamin)
    Broken (a Tale of Breaking Benjamin)
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    Broken (a Tale of Breaking Benjamin)

    By Brent Meske

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    The Clements Academy was established, somewhere around the year 2045, training the best and brightest orphans from around the world into the perfect agents. Weapons training, martial arts training, and small unit tactics are each on the curriculum for Clements students. Jon Talbaine has always been the black sheep of Clements, and now he's backed into a corner. How far will he go to get out?

    *Contains adult themes and language. Not for the faint of heart or the narrow of mind.

    Broken is one of many self-contained tales of a tough world with no good choices. Find more in 'Breaking Benjamin', available in print or e-book.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrent Meske
    Release dateMay 3, 2013
    ISBN9781301473489
    Broken (a Tale of Breaking Benjamin)
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    Brent Meske

    Brent is a husband, father, teacher, writer, and sometimes artist living in Seoul Korea, originally from Detroit, Michigan. Brent reads Stephen King, Brandon Mull, Jim Butcher, and a hundred others. You should too. Lately Brent's been all over the place: designing book covers both E and print, editing up books, and reviewing for AIA (awesome indies, look them up). It's an exciting time to be a writer. *If you're like me and you don't like to be cheated, please don't use Authorhouse.com. In fact, since finding Smashwords I intend to republish 'Breaking Benjamin' in its entirety here soon enough, and I'm also looking for a print publisher, if you'd like to have one on an actual bookshelf.

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