{"id":5235,"date":"2026-04-23T12:44:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gwellstaylor.com\/blog\/?page_id=5235"},"modified":"2026-04-23T12:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:45:09","slug":"the-variant-effect-featured-at-shepherd-com","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gwellstaylor.com\/blog\/?page_id=5235","title":{"rendered":"The Variant Effect Featured at Shepherd.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"id__5r2lqak1r8p\" class=\"css-901oao r-18jsvk2 r-37j5jr r-1blvdjr r-16dba41 r-vrz42v r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\"><strong><em><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">The <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">Variant<\/span><\/em><\/strong><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"><strong><em> Effect: SKIN EATERS<\/em><\/strong> is featured at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/BookDNA.com\/best-books\/starring-antiheroes-you-love-to-hate\"><strong>Shepherd.com<\/strong><\/a><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> along with my recommendations for other books that star antiheroes you love to hate. 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