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Gordon Ryan

Goodreads author profile

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http://www.goodreads.com/KiwiNovelist

born

October 05, 1943 in Brooklyn, The United States

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male

website

http://www.gordonryan.com

genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Historical Fiction, Literature & Fiction

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December 2009

About this author

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"Political thrillers are in my blood. They're more real, than fiction."

Gordon Ryan is a writer with a varied history. He has lived and worked in six foreign nations and a dozen or more states, including Alaska. He served in the 1st Recon Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps in the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and in the Air Force in Thailand during the Vietnam War. He also served as a member of the American Embassy staff in Dublin, Ireland, during the violent seventies. His first published novel, Dangerous Legacy, was released in 1994 and he has published ten more over the intervening years with the Pug Connor novels, State of Rebellion and Uncivil Liberties being his newest releases. Book Three, Blood and Treasure is scheduled for releas...more

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Books by Gordon Ryan

Average rating: 3.78 · 312 ratings · 68 reviews · 20 distinct works

	Destiny (Spirit of Union #1) 3.74 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Conflict, 1898-1919 3.83 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Heritage: 1919-1940 4.10 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	My rating:
	State of Rebellion (Pug Connor, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Callahans: The Complete Series 4.05 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	A Question of Consequence 3.52 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Callahans Book Five: Reprisal 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Callahans Book Three: Reunion 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Prelude: The Callahans #4 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	To Faithfully Execute (Pug Connor, #3) 3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Series by Gordon Ryan

The Callahans (5 books)
by Gordon Ryan (Goodreads Author)

3.84 avg rating — 165 ratings

Pug Connor (3 books)
by Gordon Ryan (Goodreads Author)

3.62 avg rating — 53 ratings

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Gordon Ryan made a comment in the group ANZ Authors — Stalking Your Fans topic "Perhaps it's logical to post my first message under the "Stalking" discussion. I hope not to fit into that category, but as an author, I suppose it is...more "
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Gordon Ryan gave to: The Third by Abel Keogh (Goodreads Author) read in April, 2010	My rating:
I read The Third in pre-release format on my Kindle and was extremely pleased with the content, writing style and overall message. Keogh's The Third reminded me of George Orwell's classical novel, 1984. The world he paints, not that far into the futu...more
Apr 15, 2010 02:29am · see review
Gordon Ryan added: State of Rebellion (Pug Connor, #1) by Gordon Ryan (Goodreads Author) read in April, 2010	My rating:
The following two reviews were published by Jenny Hansen, Meridian Magazine, and Jeffrey Needle, Association of Mormon Letters, following pre-release of American Voices. Jeffrey Needle, Association of Mormon Letters. It's hard to read this book without...more
Apr 15, 2010 02:07am · see review
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