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Ryan Southwick

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Ryan Southwick decided to dabble at writing late in life, and quickly became obsessed with the craft. He currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and two children.

His technical skills as a software developer, healthcare experience, and lifelong fascination for science fiction became the ingredients for his first series, The Z-Tech Chronicles, which combines these elements into a fantastic contemporary tale of super-science, fantasy, and adventure, based in his Bay Area stomping grounds.

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	Angels in the Mist (The Z-Tech Chronicles #1) 4.33 avg rating — 33 ratings — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Holtondome 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Angels Fall (The Z-Tech Chronicles #3) 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Angels Lost (The Z-Tech Chronicles Book 2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	One Man's Trash it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Zima: Origins 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Angels Found (The Z-Tech Chronicles, #4) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Once Upon a Nightwalker: A Z-Tech Chronicles Story 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	New Denver: A Science Fiction Dystopian Thriller (Timeless Keeper Saga Book 2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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Enigma - Writing Wonders May 2023

May was my first month participating in ,Writing Wonders, created by Alina Leonova, Amelia Kayne, and Branwen O'Shea over on Mastodon. It's a fun writing community exercise where authors answer a question a day about their works in progress. My server has a 500-character post limit. I tried to stay within that, so each answer is short.

The work-in-progress I focused on is ,Enigma (Lost Colonies Boo

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Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive, #4)

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Ryan Southwick rated a book it was amazing Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1) by Travis Baldree (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
What an amazing fantasy tale! At its heart, Legends & Lattes is a “retired adventurer” trope in a fantasy setting with a twist of steam punk, yet those descriptions alone don’t do the story justice. The protagonist, Viv, is endearing, as are her part ...more
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Chalut really delivers with this last book of the Unwoven Tapestry fantasy series, wrapping up Donovan and Ruben's epic struggles in a memorable finale that kept me turning pages into the night. Magus expands on the unique magic system outlaid in the ...more
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Ryan Southwick liked Brandon Phillips's review of One Man's Trash: "Ryan crossed genres, again, and he has another solid hit, again. The universe is unique and diverse, as are the characters. The main characters are on a vacation to the best pit stop in the galaxy where their holiday goes awry quick,fast, and in a hu" Read more of this review »
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Great coaching primer. If you're going to start somewhere, this book provides some of the basics on communication style that can make your conversations more powerful and productive, not only with employees, but co-workers and anyone else in your lif ...more
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“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”
― Blaise Pascal, Pensées

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“Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack, all dressed in black, black, black. She has a knife, knife, knife, stuck in her back, back, back. She cannot breathe, breathe, breathe. She cannot cry, cry, cry. Thats why she begs, begs, begs. She begs to die, die ,die..”
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