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Win a free audiobook - Aranya!

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Over on Audio-fantasy.com I'm looking for your feedback in exchange for a free audiobook code from Audible.com or Audible UK! Come and visit this great site for carefully curated new releases in audiobook fantasy! This is the place to enter for a chance to win ! About Audio-fantasy.com: "We offer interactive ‘best of’ lists such as  Best Sci-Fi Series ,  Best Fantasy Series  and  Best Young Adult Series : The order of the titles are voted on by you and the website will be updated to reflect your votes. Log in via your favourite social media to get the most from Audio Fantasy." About Aranya: Aranya is a fantasy bestseller in the US , Canada and UK . Chained to a rock and tossed off a cliff by her boyfriend, Aranya is executed for high treason against the Sylakian Empire. Falling a league into the deadly Cloudlands is not a fate she ever envisaged. But what if she did not die? What if she could spread her wings and fly?  Long ago, Dragons ruled the Island-World a

Ian Martyn - Ancestral Dreams: The Return (Review)

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Elves and centaurs in space? Bring it on! When I had the opportunity to read Ian Martyn's "Project Noah" I discovered a writer with a rare ability to build deep, utterly believable characters. While this story is not strong on action, it is strong on suspense, speculation and plot. In the distant future as Humankind expand into the depths of space they discover that the mythical creatures of Earth's past are not quite so mythical after all, and that dangers abound. This story is essentially a search-and-rescue mission which turns into the discovery of a new and formidable enemy. There is much exploration of technology and inter-species relationships (the story is clean, but rated PG for swear words), moving from planet to planet, and a particularly beautifully described visit to the home planet of the Elves. The narration is told through Danjay, a jaded, long-lived soldier with a good heart, a complex and fascinating character who is not all that he seems! On the

Dragonfriend print edition - available

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Dragonfriend is available in print, for those who've asked - looks like Amazon haven't managed to link the Kindle and Print editions as yet. Dragonfriend Print Dragonfriend Kindle If you haven't already, please consider leaving a review on Amazon! Every little bit helps, even just a few short words. Much appreciated! Other projects coming online: 1.  The Fiuri Realms  (Shioni of Sheba Book 5) should be available in print within a few days. 2.  The Pygmy Dragon will be coming in audiobook! 3. The sequel to Dragonfriend is well underway with over 75,000 words drafted and a fair amount of editing completed as well. Working on the cover art - I hope it will be as awesome as this dragon here! 

El Shashi - awesome new cover!

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The Legend of El Shashi is an epic fantasy which explores the impact of extraordinary power on a man's life. When a selfish man betrays the man who has been father to him, he is cursed by a sorceress with the power to heal with a touch. El Shashi is catapulted into a powerful, redemptive adventure that spans generations. Each healing feeds the sorceress' power. Each act of selfishness raises the Wurm, which chases him for twice as long as the time before. "I wondered, of the myriad lives I touched in passing, how many concealed such a wounding grief as mine?" The Legend of El Shashi is the most literary of my works, a deep exploration of the depths and glories of the human condition, seen through the eyes of a man cursed with long life and great power. The central concept of the story is loosely based on the life and ministry of Jesus Christ - the healing at the touch of his robe, the pool of Siloam, the healing of the blind man, and the casting out o