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R.R. Brooks

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Robert R. Brooks (R.R. Brooks) spent his career as a researcher in a pharmaceutical company. Now living in western North Carolina, he has published both fiction and nonfiction, including science fiction and fantasy stories. A short play was performed in 2005 and 2007. Leo Publishing released his epic fantasy novel Justi the Gifted in 2015. A psychological mystery novel The Clown Forest Murders, co-written with A.C. Brooks, was published by Black Opal Publishing 2017. A science fiction-thriller-espionage novel will be out in 2019. A second fantasy novel is underway. He is a member of the Blue Ridge Writers Group, the Appalachian Round Table. He maintains author’s pages on Facebook, Amazon, and Goodreads.

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	Justi the Gifted by R.R. Brooks (Goodreads Author), Sebastien Annoni (Illustrator) 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Clean Copy: A SciFi Thriller 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — 6 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
	Murders at Lake Wyrd 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 6 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
	The Gifted Spawn it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 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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	Biological Systems in Mineral Exploration and Processing by R.R. Brooks (Goodreads Author), Colin E. Dunn liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1995	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
	Multi-Sensor Fusion: Fundamentals and Applications With Software by R.R. Brooks (Goodreads Author), S. S. Iyengar 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	Geobotany and biogeochemistry in mineral exploration (Harper's geoscience series) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1972 — 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
	Biological methods of prospecting for minerals 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1983	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
	BIOGEOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE FOR MINERAL EXPLORATION 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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I am happy to announce the release on Nov 25 of The Clown Forest Murders by A.C. Brooks and R.R. Brooks. The publisher is Black Opal Books. The mystery tells of Dave Austin who at age eight witnesses his brother’s savage murder in rural Norwich, New York. Amnesia suppresses the memory and protects Dave. Locals suspect an itinerant, a pedophile, or a disturbed friend maddened by psychedelic mushroo Read more of this blog post »

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The Fethering Mysteries Books 1–6 (Fethering, #1-6)

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“Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong.”
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