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Adrian Selby
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Tolkien early on, then just great prose and wonderful characters where
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June 2013
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Snakewood
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2016
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15 editions
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The Winter Road
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2018
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8 editions
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Brother Red
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New Adrian Selby Novel #1
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Books – Stop Being Reasonable & The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
With regard to arguing with others about who we should be and how we should act, I wrote recently about how hard I’ve found it to change my mind. So, after the edits and proofs of my forthcoming novel Brother Red, I managed to get stuck into a book I’d bought a while ago precisely because it promised an exploration of how we actually change our minds.
Stop Being Reasonable by Eleanor Gordon-Smith i
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"The first two thirds of 'The Winter Road' is 4 star material. The characters are expertly drawn and the basic plot is well laid out with lots of action and suspense. I admit that I was, at times, a bit frustrated with the book's dialogue as the indiv"
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"Gritty, raw, compelling, and emotionally powerful book. I have read other reviews comparing this author to Joe Abercrombie, John Gwynne and frankly that is one reason I chose to read this work and it is well deserved. An emotionally powerful, epic ta"
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J.R.R. Tolkien:
Hi all, might this be the definitive collection of his artwork? I'm looking for a book that has 'everything he did', rather than a book focusing on the art he created for particular works. Thanks.
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“You want to build something what's been tore down, choose a woman. You want to tear something down, choose a man.”
― Snakewood
― Snakewood
“I put aside the fears that slithered into my thoughts as I closed my eyes to better breathe him in.”
― The Winter Road
― The Winter Road
“All our rivers cut the world's face, until we slow into the lakes of our reckoning.”
― Snakewood
― Snakewood
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