Thanks for visiting my page! Here are other sites where you can contact me. In other news, Farilane, hit #1 on Amazon's Bestselling Epic Fantasy list! The ebook and audiobook are already released, and the hardcover will release on May 16th. Will pass it by Gamma readers for one last quality check then it's off to the printers! Just finished the recording of the audiobook, and the layout. I first opened the door to my imagination with typewriter keys while playing hide and seek and finding a black behemoth when I Esrahaddon, the last book in the Rise and Fall trilogy, is almost done. I'm a New York Times, USA Today, and Washington Post bestselling author with 9 Goodreads Choice Award Nominations. Will pass it by Gamma readers for one last quality check then it's off to the printers! In other news, Farilane, hit #1 on Amazon's Bestselling Epic Fantasy list! The ebook and audiobook are already released, and the hardcover will release on May 16th. Esrahaddon, the last book in the Rise and Fall trilogy, is almost done.
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