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Sep 2025
30 m

"Sleeping Bear" by Connor Sullivan

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An interview with Connor Sullivan, author of the new novel, Sleeping Bear. In the book, a former Army veteran seeking solitude in the Alaskan wilderness finds herself a pawn in a deadly game with Russia. 
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