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Tahlia Newland

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Hi. I'm an author, avid reader, extremely casual high school teacher & occasional mask-maker. I write urban fantasy for adults & young adults and like to challenge readers to look more closely at the nature of their world, their mind and their perception. After creating and performing in Visual Theatre shows for 20 years, I'm now a bone-fide expatriate of the performing arts. I live in an Australian rainforest, am married with a teenage daughter and love cats, but I don’t have one because they eat native birds.


Title: The Black Orb

Author: Sabine A. Reed

Publisher: Uncial Press

Category: Fantasy



The Black Orb is an excellent traditional fantasy, a quest with all the elements enjoyed by fans of the genre. Essentially, a plucky heroine and her guide search for the object of power that will overcome an evil queen, and free the heroine’s brother and the people of their kingdom from the queen’s compulsion.


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Average rating: 4.50 · 30 ratings · 26 reviews · 4 distinct works
A Matter of Perception
4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2011
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The Drorgon Slayer's Choice
4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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A Hole in the Pavement
4.8 of 5 stars 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011
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Not Me, It Can't Be
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011
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WATERSPELL Book 3 by Deborah J. Lightfoot
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The Wisewoman is a wonderful end to a fabulous trilogy that should be read by every fantasy reader who would like something a little different. The author cleverly creates tension without resorting to the battles, complex political intrigue and predi...more
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Walking with Elephants by Karen S. Bell
Walking with Elephants
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This is a highly enjoyable, expertly written and thought-provoking work of contemporary fiction that looks at the reality of the post women’s liberation world. Women wanted the freedom to have a career, but the bottom line is that men can’t have the...more
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Beauty in the Beast by Christine Danse
Beauty in the Beast
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Beauty in the Beast is a delightful and moving novella about a troupe of four performers on their way to a fair who get trapped in a blizzard and tale shelter in the cabin of a gruff, handsome stranger. Rolph asks only for stories in return and each...more
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Raise the Gipper! by John Barnes
Raise the Gipper!
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Raise the Gipper is crazy, perceptive political satire, and if you’re going to buy it, you should buy it now because I have the feeling that it might just be about what’s happening in US politics right now. As a not-particularly-interested-in-politic...more
A Matter of Perception by Tahlia Newland
" I began reading this collection as I sat in my eye doctor's waiting room. By the time the tech came for me, she had to call me twice to drag me back into my present reality. The first story, "The Drorgon Slayer's Choice," had carried me away with... "
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Swallow the Moon by K.A. Jordan
Swallow the Moon
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I'm sorry I didn't have time to do a longer review of this one, but if you like urban fantasy, then this really is one you should read. It's an excellent book, well written and a unique idea in a genre already overflowing with ideas. The plot moved a...more
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Motor City Mage (Urban Arcana,  #4) by Cindy Spencer Pape
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Here’s another great title from Carina Press, and another terrific fantasy romance from Cindy Spencer Pape. This urban fantasy should satisfy lovers of traditional fantasy as well because the story takes us through portals into totally different worl...more
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Ed Undead by Edward Kent
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As expected, zombies populate this book, complete with rotting flesh, sunken eyes and mindless shuffling gait. They’re not my favourite characters, but if you like zombies, you’ll like Ed Undead. It’s a strong story that never bores, and Ed, the 16 y...more
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Unspent Time by Graham Parke
Unspent Time
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Unspent Time is a collection of short stories and I loved it for its humour, originality and general craziness. If you have a prejudice against short stories, drop it and read this. It’s highly entertaining and the author’s commentary links the stor...more
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Rachel (The Rest Is Still Unwritten) Hi!
Thanks so much for the friend request and for following me =)


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Florentine hi tahlia..
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