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Coloradosun · 🇫🇷 public France · · 1249 words · By Out West Books
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What to know about Out West Books offers titles featuring Colorado authors, characters

Each week as part of SunLit — The Sun’s literature section — we feature staff recommendations from book stores across Colorado.

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What happened

Each week as part of SunLit — The Sun’s literature section — we feature staff recommendations from book stores across Colorado.

Why it matters

This week, the staff from Out West Books in Grand Junction recommends a story of mystical forces in France and two sci-fi tales.

Common ground

The River Muse By Laura Resau Harper Muse $18.99 May 2026 Purchase From the publisher: At the brink of summer, Callie arrives in a secluded village in the South of France with her young daughter, after barely escaping her menacing ex-partner.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Perrin’s long time connections to this part of the world... A native Coloradan”
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While evidence confirms she is a park ranger and has lived/worked across the U.S., no provided source explicitly confirms she is a 'native Coloradan'. One source mentions her 'connections to this part of the world', but does not explicitly state she was born there.
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web search NEUTRAL — Chief Ranger Perrin Pring talks about her career path with the National Park Service, the trainings and capabilities of National Park Service Protection Rangers, and what Colorado National Monument Pr…
https://coloradonma.org/event/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-nps-chi…
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web search NEUTRAL — From Marya Johnston, owner: Perrin Pring knows a thing or two about being a woman in a man’s world, as she is chief ranger at Colorado National Monument when she is not writing great dystopian sci-fi.…
https://coloradosun.com/2026/06/07/out-west-books-june-recom…
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web search NEUTRAL — A former white water kayaker who competed on the World Cup circuit, Perrin Pring is now a park ranger. She has worked and lived across the U.S., riding horse...
https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Perrin-Pring/257313…
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Claim 2: “SunLit — The Sun’s literature section — we feature staff recommendations from book stores across Colorado”
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Multiple cross-references from the Colorado Sun confirm that SunLit is their literature section featuring staff recommendations from bookstores across Colorado.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — SunLit — The Sun’s literature section — we feature staff recommendations from book stores across Colorado.
https://coloradosun.com/2026/05/24/old-firehouse-books-may-r…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — SunLit — The Sun’s literature section — we feature staff recommendations from book stores across Colorado.
https://coloradosun.com/2026/05/31/poor-richards-books-may-2…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — SunLit — The Sun’s literature section — we feature staff recommendations from book stores across Colorado.
https://coloradosun.com/2026/05/10/explore-books-may-recomme…
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Claim 3: “Perrin Pring... is chief ranger at Colorado National Monument”
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Official government documents (Compendium of Regulations) and news reports explicitly identify Perrin Pring as the Chief Ranger at Colorado National Monument.
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web search NEUTRAL — Nov 7, 2024 ... “If having full access to the dispatch information helps save even one life,” Perrin Pring, Chief Ranger Visitor Resource and Protection, said, ...
https://coloradonma.org/supporting-safety-onboard-computers/
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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 7, 2026 ... Recommended by: /s/ Perrin Pring, Chief Ranger, December 18, 2025. Approved by: /s/ Nathan Souder, Superintendent, December 18, 2025 ...
https://www.nps.gov/colm/learn/management/compendium-of-regu…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 7, 2026 ... From Marya Johnston, owner: Perrin Pring knows a thing or ... Colorado National Monument when she is not writing great dystopian sci-fi.
https://coloradosun.com/2026/06/07/out-west-books-june-recom…
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Claim 4: “the staff from Out West Books in Grand Junction recommends a story of mystical forces in France and two sci-fi tales”
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Web search results confirm Out West Books recommends 'The River Muse' (set in France) and two sci-fi titles ('Cash and Gravity' and 'Moss'd in Space').
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Grand Junction is a home rule municipality that is the county seat of and the largest city in Mesa County, Colorado, United States. Grand Junction's population was 65,560 at the 2020 United States cen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Junction,_Colorado
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Grand Junction Canal is a canal in England from Braunston in Northamptonshire to the River Thames at Brentford, with a number of branches. The mainline was built between 1793 and 1805, to improve…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Junction_Canal
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Grand Union Canal in England is part of the British canal system. It is the principal navigable waterway between London and the Midlands. Starting in London, one arm runs to Leicester and another …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Union_Canal
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Claim 5: “Cash and Gravity By Perrin Pring Division Books $18.99 May 2026”
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Multiple web sources confirm 'Cash and Gravity' by Perrin Pring, published by Division/Diversion Books, priced at $18.99, with a May 2026 release date.
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web search NEUTRAL — The book. Cash and gravity. By perrin pring.Originally published in the spring 2026 issue of Spoke+Blossom.
https://www.spokeandblossom.com/stories/2026/5/7/a-thrilling…
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web search NEUTRAL — Cash and Gravity. Perrin Pring. Paperback — Diversion Books. $18.99.New Book Releases | July 7, 2026. by Porchlight Book Company.
https://www.porchlightbooks.com/products/cash-and-gravity-pe…
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web search NEUTRAL — By Perrin Pring Division Books $18.99 May 2026 Purchase. From the publisher: In the not so distant future, six mega corporations and their privatized armies have supplanted the American government.
https://coloradosun.com/2026/06/07/out-west-books-june-recom…
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Claim 6: “Moss’d in Space By Rebecca Thorne Bramble $18.99 June 2026”
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Multiple bookstore sources (Steamy Lit, Underbrush, Love Stories) confirm 'Moss'd in Space' by Rebecca Thorne, priced at $18.99, with a June 2026 release date.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There are several plausible pathways that could lead to plant and animal species extinction from climate change. Every species has evolved to exist within a certain ecological niche, but climate chang…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinction_risk_from_climate_c…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of novelists from the United States, listed with titles of a major work for each. This is not intended to be a list of every American (born U.S. citizen, naturalized citizen, or long-ti…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_novelists
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Taunton ( TAWN-tən) is the county town of Somerset, England. It is a market town and has a minster church. Its thousand-year history includes a 10th-century monastic foundation, owned by the Bishops o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunton
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Claim 7: “The River Muse By Laura Resau Harper Muse $18.99 May 2026”
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The author's official website, Rakuten Kobo, and a book listing all confirm 'The River Muse' by Laura Resau, published by Harper Muse, with a release date in May 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature is literary award presented annually that recognizes high quality "children's and young adult books that portray Latin America, the Caribbe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Américas_Award
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web search NEUTRAL — The River Muse is coming in May 2026. It’s my second novel for adults, set in a magic-laced world in the South of France. The lush setting is similar to The Alchemy of Flowers, but it has all-new char…
https://www.lauraresau.com/the-river-muse
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web search NEUTRAL — Read "The River Muse A Novel" by Laura Resau available from Rakuten Kobo. A French chateau. A forest with secrets. A magical spring. Welcome to La Chanson, where lost souls are found again…
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-river-muse
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