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The Captive

by Robert Stallman · 1981

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A mysterious bear-like beast that is able to assume the form of a human being tries to learn how people live by adopting a human family.

Genre
fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thisscience fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 207 pages

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