title: Not Carved in Stone: A Black Forest Mystery
author:  Craig W Shier 
description: Craig W. Shier was employed for 33 years as a system engineer, designing and integrating complex systems for the defense, finance, and rail industries. He has seen numerous generations of technology come and go. But even the best built systems will have unexpected consequences. Always an eclectic reader, he enjoys history, theology and literature. Since retiring, he has continued his interests with a focus on the medieval age and its episodes of change and progress. He currently resides near Jacksonville, Florida.
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  Copyright
  
  Black Ruins Forest is a work of fiction. All names, characters, locations, and
  incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used
  fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or
  dead, is entirely coincidental.
  
  BLACK RUINS FOREST: A NOVEL
  
  Copyright © 2018 by Karen DuBose
  
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  Editing by KP Editing
  
  Cover design by Lindsey Jayne
  
  Published by Kingston Publishing Company
  
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