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Russell James

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September 14

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Horror, Mystery & Thrillers, Science Fiction

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Russell R. James was raised on Long Island, New York and spent too much time watching Chiller, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, and Dark Shadows, despite his parents’ warnings. Bookshelves full of Stephen King and Edgar Allan Poe didn’t make things better. He graduated from Cornell University and the University of Central Florida.

After a tour flying helicopters with the U.S. Army, he now spins twisted tales best read in daylight.

His wife reads what he writes, rolls her eyes, and says “There is something seriously wrong with you.”

He has published the novels DARK INSPIRATION, SACRIFICE, BLACK MAGIC and DARK VENGEANCE, the compilations OUT OF TIME and TALES FROM BEYOND, as well as numerous short stories. He founded the Minnows Literary Group.

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Average rating: 4.19 · 7,031 ratings · 851 reviews · 51 distinct works • Similar authors

	Cavern of the Damned (Grant Coleman Adventures #1) 4.09 avg rating — 852 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Monsters in the Clouds (Grant Coleman Adventures #2) 4.12 avg rating — 538 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
	Atoll X (The Grant Coleman Adventures #6) 4.19 avg rating — 517 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
	Forest of Fire (Grant Coleman Adventures #4) 4.37 avg rating — 432 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
	The Curse of the Viper King (Grant Coleman Adventures #3) 4.23 avg rating — 418 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Mammoth Island (Grant Coleman Adventures #5) 4.36 avg rating — 370 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	River of Death (The Grant Coleman Adventures #8) 4.31 avg rating — 367 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
	Terror on Mount St. Helens (Grant Coleman Adventures #9) 4.37 avg rating — 323 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
	Desolation Canyon (The Grant Coleman Adventures #7) 4.21 avg rating — 314 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
	Claws (Kathy West National Park Adventure #1) 4.19 avg rating — 283 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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Series by Russell James

Grant Coleman Adventures (9 books)
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Kathy West National Park Adventure (3 books)
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Rick and Rose Sinclair Adventure (5 books)
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Q Island (2 books)
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4.18 avg rating — 302 ratings

Office of Supernatural Directives (3 books)
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Russell James made a comment on Tyler’s review of Ravens of Yellowstone (Kathy West National Park Adventure #3) " Kathy and Nathan return in Terror on Mount St. Helens, a Grant Coleman Adventure. "
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“Maybe he didn’t call us home for a reunion. He called us back home to kill it. For good this time.”
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