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Markus Bitner

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Hailing from the Canadian Prairies, Markus Bitner is the author of The Night of Shadows, the first installment in the Secrets of Silence trilogy. Aside from reading and writing fantasy novels, he occupies his time composing music, performing piano wherever he can, and pondering life's most enigmatic questions. ...more

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The Night of Shadows (The Secrets of Silence Book 1)

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Of Darkness and Light (The Bound and the Broken, #2)

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The Malignancy

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The Soul-Winning Church: Six Keys to Fostering a Genuine Evangelistic Culture

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Markus Bitner liked Emma Hunter's review of The Night of Shadows (The Secrets of Silence Book 1): "4.5⭐️ This book took me a little while to get into, I just want to make it clear that this is no way because of the plot or the writing...this book is actually written very, very well. When I did fully get into it, I got so lost in the story and did n" Read more of this review »
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Markus Bitner liked Nicole Talbot's review of The Night of Shadows (The Secrets of Silence Book 1): "Jacob is a man with a troubled past who wants to educate himself further and bring a library to his illiterate community of Tonto. To do so, he will have to move to the next village and work in the library there. He is at the tower contemplating his " Read more of this review »
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