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Cliff Ball

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http://www.goodreads.com/cliffball

born

January 28, 1974 in Scottsdale, AZ, The United States

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male

website

http://www.cliffball.net

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction

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March 2008

About this author

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I'm a Christian first and foremost. My novels are written from my worldview, so they have either Christian or Conservative themes in them. I live in D/FW, have a BA in English, going for a 2nd BA and Technical Writing Certificate from UNT.

In order of original publication:
Out of Time - 2008
Don't Mess With Earth - 2009
The Usurper - 2010
Shattered Earth - 2010
Voyager and the Aliens - 2011
Dust Storm - 2011
New Frontier - 2011
Times of Trouble - 2012
Times of Trial - 2012

Coming Soon:
"To The Stars" a sequel to New Frontier

"An End Times Anthology(Not title, but filler name)" a short story anthology of some minor characters from Times of Trouble and Times of Trial.

www.cliffball.net

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In the last week, I’ve received two new reviews for two different novels, both of which are 5 stars. The first one is for Out of Time, which is my very first novel that I published in 2008 as a total newbie, where I mistakenly used iUniverse as a publisher and spent way too much for a novel that wasn’t really ready for prime time. Two years later, I went back through it, added scenes, corrected...

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Books by Cliff Ball

Average rating: 3.44 · 87 ratings · 42 reviews · 10 distinct works

	The Usurper 3.50 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Out of Time: a time travel novella 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Shattered Earth 2.83 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Don't Mess with Earth 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Times of Trouble: an End Times novel 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	My rating:
	New Frontier 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Voyager and the Aliens 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Dust Storm: a short western story 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Times of Trial: an End Times novel (Book 2) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	BestsellerBound Short Story Anthology - Volume 3 by Maria Savva (Goodreads Author), Jess C. Scott (Goodreads Author), Jaleta Clegg (Goodreads Author) 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011	My rating:

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Cliff Ball wrote a new blog post: Two new reviews Two new reviews In the last week, I’ve received two new reviews for two different novels, both of which are 5 stars. The first one is for Out of Time, which is my... read more »
May 24, 2012 01:46pm · like
Cliff Ball made a comment in the group Time Travel — Cliff Ball - Out of Time topic "New 5 star review on Amazon: "This is a wonderful time travel novella. You get to go back to some famous events in American and world history: The Wound...more "
May 23, 2012 12:25pm
Cliff Ball made a comment in the group Realistic Christian Fiction Fans — List Your Realistic Christian Fiction Novels Here! topic "Thanks! The first one took off, at least for two months anyway, but this one seems to be having some trouble getting out of the gate. "
May 22, 2012 07:36am
Cliff Ball liked Lizzy Ford's blog post: Book Feature: “Times of Trouble” by Cliff Ball "Please welcome to Lizzyland author Cliff Ball. He’s sharing his end times novel, “Times of Trouble”. Told in first person point of view, Brian Atwood, our main character, works for the FBI in Omaha..." ...read it »
May 21, 2012 07:39am
Cliff Ball made a comment in the group Christian Authors & Readers — Introduction topic "Cool! :D Those links I provided are the ebook versions. I'm sure you know this, but you can download the Kindle for PC app and when you get your Kindl...more "
May 18, 2012 08:23pm
Cliff Ball made a comment in the group Active GoodReaders — Share your book, blog or whatever! topic "Thanks! Well, I've pretty much been without a job for a while, so I had to have something to do. I'm currently writing the sequel to New Frontier, and...more "
May 16, 2012 04:53pm
Cliff Ball made a comment in the group Have you written a Christian book? — Times of Trial: an End Times novel (Book 2) topic " [image] This novel is a parallel novel to Times of Trouble. A preacher and his family, the Tyler’s, have a church that is dying in Arizona. Even though...more "
May 16, 2012 08:30am
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Cliff Ball liked Leanna Shields's review of Out of Time: " Some of the most famous events in American and world history set the stage in this great sci-fi time travel adventure. It catches your attention from the start and never lets go until you reach the end. The characters are well rounded and well wri... " Read more of this review »
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