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Book Review: Summoning and Sacrifice (Liturgy of Worlds) by Nathan Hartle

Summoning and Sacrifice Series: Liturgy of Worlds, #1 Author: Nathan Hartle Genre: Fantasy Book Description: A hunted woman. A missing god. The adventure of a lifetime. All that Shada desires is peace and freedom. What she has is fear and hunger. She’s a servant on the run from her cruel master, who is determined to …

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SPFBO 9 Author Spotlight: W.D. Kilpack III with CROWN PRINCE

Hello all! The end of the second official month of SPFBO9 is coming up! And this time, we have W.D. Kilpack III, who's had an amazing number of publications to precede this one, and the first book of his new series ... Crown Prince The future of Mankind relies on the Guardian of Maarihk. Will …

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Book Review: Blood Reunion (The Hybrid Helix) by JCM Berne

Blood Reunion Series: The Hybrid Helix, #3 Author: JCM Berne Genre: Space Fantasy Book Description: People are dying, their corpses left savaged and drained of blood. The obvious culprit: vampires. But vampires shouldn’t be able to sneak around Wistful undetected or shadowstep freely inside her body. Soon the station herself becomes oddly uncooperative, leaving Rohan …

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SPFBO 8 Author Spotlight: Rune S. Nielsen with A Company of Adventurers

This week's SPFBO 8 Author is Rune S. Nielsen! We had him here only yesterday for a Noblebright Spotlight, and he's back again today for one with more of a focus on the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off! This is not Rune's first time in the Blog-Off, but it might be his last for a while. With …

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A Human, Not a Monster: Author Interview with Rune S. Nielsen (Noblebright Spotlight)

Hello! Today we have noblebright epic fantasy author Rune S. Nielsen with us. In addition to being an author, Rune likes to draw, play fantasy card games, and he lives by a lake where he gets to observe swans and geese for his drawings. Rune S. Nielsen is here to share with us a bit …

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SPFBO 8 Author Spotlight: R. Ramey Guerrero with Dust of a Moth’s Wing

This is the last weekend in July, and today I have R. Ramey Guerrero for the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off 8 Spotlight. Ramey's SPFBO 8 entree, Dust of a Moth's Wing is also eir debut novel and the beginning of a thirteen book series following an ex-convict who might be the one to usher in the …

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Book Review: A Drowned Kingdom (The Drowned Kingdom Saga) by P.L. Stuart

A Drowned Kingdom Series: The Drowned Kingdom Saga, #1 Author: P.L. Stuart Genre: Fantasy Book Description: Once Second Prince of the mightiest kingdom in the known world, Othrun now leads the last survivors of his exiled people into an uncertain future far across the Shimmering Sea from their ancestral home, now lost beneath the waves. …

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