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This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Free Book Program, which is open to all readers and is completely free. ![]() ![]() ‘The Prime Way Program: Be the Victor’ is definitely the start of a best-selling trilogy! From the moment I looked at the cover and saw one of my best friends’ names on the bottom, I knew Caroline had written a masterpiece. Will Kyle and Cora be the Victor, or the Victim? Packed with gritty romance, thematic depth, and rip-roaring action, this Sci-Fi thriller has readers clamoring for a sequel and the world pondering a question that has critics raving. Do they continue to run from their new identities and the life they’ve left behind? Or do they face the mastermind of the Program and prepare an army to defend our worlds? And now, left to fend for themselves in an ignorant society where the futuristic technology of Prime Way no longer exists, Kyle and Cora must choose. They were deceived, betrayed, turned into weapons meant for destroying our world. 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