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Brian Beam

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male

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Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Brandon Sanderson, Jim Butcher, Terry Goodkind, Patrick Rothfuss

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March 2012

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Brian Beam was born and raised in Kentucky and is a proud husband and father. He holds degrees in marketing and nursing, following his passion for writing in his free time. He has way too many cats and likes video games a little too much.

His writing has been influenced and inspired by some of his favorite authors including Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan, Jim Butcher, Patrick Rothfuss, and Terry Goodkind.

He currently resides in North Carolina.

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Brian Beam's Blog

The Dragon Gem 2nd Ed . . . A Work In Progress

Well, I've gotten the edit/partial rewrite of The Dragon Gem up to 13% over the weekend. That may just be a result of my wife and son being on a trip to our home state to visit family. A pesky little thing called work has kept me rooted here at home. Apparently teaching would have been a better field to go into, a point that I will continue to have driven into my mind over the next three months... Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 4.25 · 24 ratings · 11 reviews · 4 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Dragon Gem 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 16 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 Forgotten King 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013	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 Dragon Gem 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	Indies Unlimited: 2012 Flash Fiction Anthology by Jacqueline Hopkins (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), K.S. Brooks (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lynne Cantwell (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013 — 2 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

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Tapestry of Dark Souls (Ravenloft, #5)

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Brian rated a book 5 of 5 stars Scholar of Decay (Ravenloft, #14) by Tanya Huff read in May, 2013	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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Brian rated a book 5 of 5 stars Inzared, The Fortune Teller (Book 2) by L. Leander (Goodreads Author)	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
INZARED, The Fortune Teller, opens three years after the end of the first book, reuniting us with Inzared as she delves into the role of a fortune teller and healer with the Romanoff Brothers circus. However, the events from the first book(which I wo...more
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Brian rated a book 5 of 5 stars Knight of the Black Rose (Ravenloft, #2) by James Lowder read in April, 2013	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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Brian rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Second Internet Cafe, Part 2: The Cascade Annihilator by Chris James (Goodreads Author) read in March, 2013	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
Chris James has once again created an exciting sci-fi adventure in his follow-up to The Dimension Researcher. The story picks up shortly after the Dimension Researcher ends with Lucas Hunter back in action with The Second Internet Cafe, travelling to...more
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