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Welcome back everyone! Apologies, apologies, and apologies a thousand times over, but the ever-late Novel Spirits gang delivers yet another episode and another Battle of the Genres!!!

As promised, this time it's a SciFi battle, where Halo: The Rubicon Protocol by Kelly Gay (Presented by Michael) takes on Autonomous by Analee Lewitz (presented by Jacob).

Grab your drinks, your books, gather around, and mind the shenanigans. As always, we are bound to dive deep into lore and analysis for your viewing and/or listening pleasure.

Halo: The Rubicon Protocol - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1982147881?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback
Autonomous - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250174686?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback

Drink of the night - https://www.bacardi.com/us/en/

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