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Jonathan Winn

Goodreads author profile

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http://www.goodreads.com/goodreadscomJonathan_Winn

born

in Seattle, WA, The United States

gender

male

website

http://martuktheholy.com

twitter username

Jonathan_Winn

genre

Horror, Historical Fiction

influences

Anne Rice, Stephen King

member since

March 2012

About this author

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I write. A lot. But before I wrote, I dreamed. That's what an unpopular kid in a small town surrounded by trees and mountains does. It wasn't until I was an adult -- living in Greenwich Village in NYC -- that I finally felt compelled to give my characters a voice. Ergo, screenplays, plays, and books soon followed.

And they still do. My first book, Martuk ... The Holy, has a sequel currently being written. It's also spun off into a prequel, of sorts. An ongoing collection of Short Fiction called The Martuk Series, the first installment being The Wounded King, it's based on characters introduced in Martuk.

My hope is there will be those out there who are willing to take the journey with me, finding themselves in my work and losing themselves in...more

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Jonathan Winn's Books

Average rating: 4.24 · 17 ratings · 10 reviews · 3 distinct works · Similar authors

	Martuk... the Holy 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wounded King (The Martuk Series, #1) 4.6 of 5 stars 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Elder (The Martuk Series, #2) 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jonathan’s Writing

The Wounded King: The Martuk Series (Horror)

1 chapters — updated Jun 21, 2012 04:15pm

Description: A sacrifice. A dying King. Bones in the stone, blood in the wine. A Queen consumed by the Darkness. From ancient Uruk, The Almost King tells his tale. Of The Elder and his cunning Priests in their robes of red and gold. Of an Old Woman who can call the power of the Dark Gods. Of his mother, the Queen, and his dying brother, the King. And of the Darkness, an evil from before the Time of the Moon. Inescapable, its hunger never-ending, its shadow fed by the Priests, slowly overwhelming his family. Drowning in a sea of red and gold, the Almost King battles an unwinnable war as he navigates the wreckage towards his fate as … The Wounded King. *** The Wounded King is the first in The Martuk Series, a collection of Short Fiction based on characters from the full-length novel Martuk … The Holy.

Martuk ... The Holy (Horror)

1 chapters — updated Jun 09, 2012 11:17am

Description: What readers are saying: "One of the most difficult, complicated and exciting novels I have read in a very long time" ★★★★★ "a fascinating, well-written tale by an accomplished author" ★★★★★ "a story that leaves the reader in awe of its scope" ★★★★★ "the new master of a genre he is making his own" ★★★★★ "Holy takes on a whole new meaning" ★★★★★ "an extremely vivid, dangerous world" ★★★★★ Martuk … The Holy In a crowded Left Bank cafe, an immortal man sits, the phantoms crawling near, the heat of their whispers stinging his cheek ... and Martuk ... The Holy begins. One thousand years before the birth of Christ, a golden god damns Martuk with a kiss. In a land ruled by a wounded king, life everlasting steals his mortality from the bottom of a golden cup. Finally, generations later, a Messiah who has the power to heal breaks under the weight of Martuk's demons, stumbling to his death defeated by darkness. From his home in modern Paris, he writes, his memories lush, his words evocative. Revisiting his impossible life, he vents his rage and shares his loneliness. From bloody battles with a demon he cannot escape to the ghost of a beauty who haunts him still, this is his story. This is Martuk ... The Holy.

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Jesus Wars: How Four Patriarchs, Three Queens, and Two Emperors Decided What Christians Would Believe for the Next 1,500 years

by Philip Jenkins

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May 05, 2013 07:40am
Jonathan Winn made a comment in the group Book Haven — Publishers negative comments on honest reviews: topic "As for negative reviews, ignore them. Same thing with positive reviews. Chances are your book isn't the biggest piece of doo-doo in the entire Univers...more "
Oct 31, 2012 08:24am
Jonathan Winn made a comment in the group Stephen King Fans — Introduce yourself topic "Newbie stopping by the say Hello. Reader of creepy horror, writer of creepy horror. Looking forward to wandering around and poking my nose into all sor...more "
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Jonathan Winn made a comment in the group Horror Aficionados — What Good Things Happened Today? topic "Happy Anniversary! :) My good thing -- actually GREAT thing -- was an AMAZING review for "Martuk ... The Holy" meganblogs said "holy mother of sweet je...more "
Jun 24, 2012 03:28pm
Jonathan Winn wrote The Wounded King: The Martuk Series: Chapter Nine " “You met her, the Old Woman,” she then said. “The one the Elder speaks of.” “The one he hates?” I ask" …more
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Jun 21, 2012 04:09pm
Jonathan Winn made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Please Update Books Cover topic "Makes sense. Thank you Amara and rivka for all your help. :) "
Jun 21, 2012 03:25pm
Jonathan Winn liked Jedidiah Behe's review of The Wounded King: " Having read “Martuk…the Holy” I was very excited to hear that Winn was coming out with a series of short stories that elaborated on certain characters from the book and delved deeper into the mystery that is Martuk. The Wounded King touches on sev... " Read more of this review »
Jun 21, 2012 12:35pm · see review