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Raised alone by his mother until the age of 6, he experienced a harsh upbringing in a tough urban area, suffering bullying and taunts from his peers. But aphrodite, goddess of love, is bored with the endless, dreary war, and so she turns her attention to two sisters. However his wife agreed to complete the book following the detailed. Being book 1 of troy series, the main characters are just being introduced here. Helikaon, the young prince of dardania, haunted by a scarred and.
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