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Stephen B. Pearl

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Stephen B. Pearl? He is a husband, mystic, science enthusiast, home handyman, backyard mechanic, and writer. His works tell the story.

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Cloning Freedom Novel Brain Lag publishing Dec 4, 2020
Cats Novel Published by Ankh Shen publishing September 2018
Tinkers Sea novel published by Brain Lag Publishing, August 2016
Horn of the Kraken novel published by Pendelhaven, July 2015
War of the Worlds 2030 novel published by Damnation Press, September 2013
Worlds Apart novel published by Dark Dragon Publishing, August 2013
Nukekubi novel published by Dark Dragon Publishing, April 2012
Slaves of Love novel published by Club Lighthouse Publishing, March 2010
Tinker’s Plague novel published by Draumr Publishing, December 2009
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Average rating: 4.16 · 131 ratings · 36 reviews · 21 distinct works

	Tinker's Plague 3.92 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Nukekubi 4.42 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Horn of the Kraken 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Worlds Apart 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Tinker's Sea 4.40 avg rating — 5 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
	War of the Worlds 2030 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	The Hollow Curse 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Hot Shots: Volume 3 by Stephen B. Pearl (Goodreads Author), S.J. Drum (Goodreads Author), Natasha Knight (Goodreads Author) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012 — 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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	Cloning Freedom really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 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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Balance in all things. In writing Horn of the Kraken I realised that I might wrongly vilify some people. The truth is politicks and privilege corrupt and to be honest a modern Pagan would probably find they had more in common with a Christian from the first or second century CE than with many of the Pagans of the time. Most Christians I have known have been descent people just trying to get by. Fo Read more of this blog post »

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" Having completed Changeling the first book of this two book volume I’d like to share my thoughts.

A review of Changeling by Karen Dales

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Stephen B. Pearl

I will begin this review by stating I am not a major fan of vampire fiction. I may not know all t Having completed Changeling the first book of this two book volume I’d like to share my thoughts.

A review of Changeling by Karen Dales

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Stephen B. Pearl

I will begin this review by stating I am not a major fan of vampire fiction. I may not know all the conventions of the genera and as such I will be reviewing from a more general perspective. That being said, Changeling seems to be a pleasant departure from the vampire cleashays that we are all too familiar with.

When an albino son is born into the line of chiefs of a Celtic village he is viewed as a fey changeling and abandoned to the wilds. Rescued by chance and the kindness of an elderly witch the boy, Gwyn, grows to young adulthood forever avoiding the deadly touch of the sun. Feared and persecuted because of his appearance the boy avoids all human contact save his guardian. This solution fails when he is caught outside and beaten by an ignorant thug of a village boy. The albino embraces secrecy as his only safe refuge. Secrecy and the love of the kind and descent witch woman who is mother to him in all the ways that count.

Using the coin of her status as a healer the witch arranges for the boy’s education in the arts of war by the village chieftain, Geraint, who recognises the strange, pail young man as the son he abandoned and has mourned ever since. The boy learns quickly until Geraint must leave to go to war. Garaint is killed in battle. Without Garaint’s leadership the villagers are whipped into a frenzy of mindless hatred by the priest of a forin faith and slaughter the elderly witch and healer who has cared for the albino boy all his life. Gwyn, who was out hunting when the villagers attacked his foster mother, can do nothing but watch as she is murdered and his home burnt. He escapes and takes up residence in a cave.
After a time living wild and alone Gwyn interrupts a Vampire caught in blood lust. Vampire’s call themselves the chosen. Surviving the Vampire’s attack Gwyn escapes to his cave where the vampiric infection transforms him. His attacker, Notus, a Christian monk as well as one of the chosen, finds Gwyn.

Notus instructs Gwyn teaching him how to live on animal blood and the arts of reading and writing. Time passes and Notus decides that Gwyn must go to a larger center and interact with other people if he is to realise his potential.

Gwyn rescues a woman from a band of thugs. This woman becomes his first love. Shortly there after he travels to a village that he, using vampire strength and speed, protects from a mercenary army. Gwyn is wounded revealing that iron is deadly to him. This is an oddity and implies that the fey nature may have something to it. Barely surviving Gwyn and Notus leave the village, and Gwyn’s beloved, and travel to London to complete Gwyn’s education.

The book is really a series of coming of age stories that trace Gwyn from an infant to a young man ready to start making his own way in the world. The allusions to Celtic myth and legend as well as the time period the book is set in, which was one of a tumultuous, forced transition in peoples’ ways of thinking, make an interesting backdrop for the action. Gwyn has all the adolescent doubt and rebellion one expects of a neglected teen but pleasantly enough a central core of decency that informs his actions as much as his doubts and raging hormones. I found him both interesting and likable despite the fact that there were times I wanted to give him a slap upside the head and tell him to get over it. In other words I related to him like I would a real teenager.

In all I found Changeling to be an enjoyable read despite it not being “my type of book”. I would imagine for a fan of the genera this book would exceed all expectations. Consider it highly recommended by this reviewer. ...more "

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“Life is a sewer and we are all but swimmers within it. Smart people do the backstroke. (In other words you gotta have a giggle.)”
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“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

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